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'Major discovery': France's National Library brings forgotten Mozart manuscript back to life

A composition notebook by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an autograph manuscript containing seven pieces for harp and flute, at the National Library of France (BnF)
A composition notebook by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart containing seven pieces for harp and flute is displayed at the National Library of France (BnF) in Paris on June 15, 2026. © Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP

A long-forgotten manuscript by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be brought to life this weekend in Paris. The newly rediscovered work – composed in 1778 when the Austrian prodigy was just 22 – will be performed in public for the first time ever at France's National Library.

Musicians this weekend will for the first time publicly interpret music for flute and harp that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote as a 22-year-old while teaching an aristocratic French student.

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