There is a piece of music by Mozart that I am fond of and would like to find on Youtube or elsewhere, but I don’t know the name.
It has been sung as a popular song, and some of the words are “Child of the morning star, kissed by the hand of April, her form went dancing by.”
The tune also occurs in Amadeus. During the sequence when Mozart is watching burlesque versions of his music, someone begins to sing it and a little person on stage says “I’m sick of that tune”.
I heard it once as an instrumental on a radio station and it seemed to have an Italian title, that may have begun with "Che ", but I am not sure.
I appreciate your efforts but it is neither of those. I heard them both on Youtube.
Here is another hint. I remember that in Amadeus, in the “burlesque” scene, the camera scans the audience while they are singing that song on stage and a woman of about 25 or 30 in the audience is sitting there swaying to the music and singing along. Does that help?
Interestingly, the joke about “I’m sick of that tune” was first made by Mozart himself. Le Nozze di Figaro wasn’t received too well in Vienna when it was premiered in 1786. However, it was a great success in Prague, where Non piu andrai became a huge popular hit. A year later, Mozart’s Don Giovanni was first performed in Prague. The character of Leporello, servant of the eponymous Don, was performed by Felice Ponziani, who had also sung the role of Figaro there in Prague in front of packed audiences the year before, and who would have encored Non piu andrai countless times. Towards the end of Don Giovanni, there is a scene where the Don has some popular opera tunes played for him during dinner. At the third piece that is played, Leporello looks up and exclaims: “I know this music a bit too well!” The tune is Non piu andrai.
I still don’t know the answer, though, as that apparently isn’t the tune that the OP is looking for. I guess I’ll have to go watch Amadeus again. I only saw that once, about 20 years ago.*
*By the way: Salieri, the poor libeled bastard, didn’t do it. Oh, and Mozart’s middle name was never actually Amadeus. But I digress…
Thank you again for your efforts, friends. I still can’t find it on the listing of all the soundtracks in the ad in Amazon. I get the feeling it is part of a longer symphony or something, and hidden inside another title.
This is going to drive me crazy (I know, it’s a short drive ) until I find it. I am going to rent the movie and record the song from the TV.
Do you ever have a song that, in your mind, wants to transform into a different song? “Là ci darem” does that for me…by turning into Monty Python’s “Lumberjack Song.”
Là ci darem la mano
Là mi dirai di sì
Vedi, non è lontano
And have buttered scones for tea!
