At the age of fifty, he wrote the piece in only one week to help pay the costs of his mother's funeral, intending to complete it on 22 January 1759 (the eve of his mother's death).
وكتب القطعة في أسبوع واحد فقط للمساعدة في دفع تكاليف جنازة والدته، وكان ينوي إكماله في 22 يناير 1759 (عشية وفاة والدته) .