May your New Year’s Day be filled with pleasant diversions.
It’s said that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his “Kegelstatt” Trio in E-flat major, K. 498, while playing skittles (essentially bowling). The work, scored for clarinet, viola and piano, takes its name from a venue devoted to the pastime.
But it was Mozart’s dad, Leopold, who wrote a “Frog Divertimento.”
Nothing says Happy New Year like a good frog party.
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