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Original music used as NSMQ theme song performed in video; composer, title & more surface

Sunday, October 04, 2020 at 9:35 AM by Ebenezer Agbey Quist

- The popular National Science and Maths Quiz theme song was composed by an Austrian named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's classical piece titled "Voi Che Sapete Che cosa è amor" which translates from Italian to English as “You know what love is”

- Wolfgang lived in the 18th century and was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period

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For decades, the National Science and Maths Quiz has been the most looked-out-for intellectual battle in Ghana and has tickled the ears of many with its popular theme song.

As YEN.com.gh dug the internet, it was discovered that the renowned musical work was a classical tune titled "Voi Che Sapete Che cosa è amor" by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

According to Pulse.com.gh, the title of that classical piece "Voi Che Sapete Che cosa è amor" which translates from Italian to English as “You know what love is”.

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"Voi Che Sapete Che cosa è amor" appears in Act Two of Mozart’s popular comic Opera "Le nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro).

Original song used as NSMQ theme song performed in video; composer, title & more surface Source: Facebook, National Science and Maths Quiz
Source: UGC

The classical composition was released in 1786 and has been performed by many Opera performers including Cecilia Bartoli, Agnes Baltsa, and Maria Ewing.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period

See the performance of the song below:

Another beautiful performance of the same song:

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