“The Cat Symphony” (1868) 🐈‍⬛🎼
by Moritz von Schwind
Drawn as a tongue-in-cheek jab at Richard Wagner, this “violin sonata” was so advanced even the great Joseph Joachim couldn’t play it — because the notes are cats.
Moritz von Schwind gifted it to Joachim on his Berlin appointment, noting they both belonged to the mysterious Order of the Black Cat.