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# **Mozart: Composing the *****Requiem***** under a Sense of Fatality** During the final months of his life in 1791, as Mozart worked on the *Requiem*, he developed an increasingly explicit conviction that the work…

# **Mozart: The Late Composition of the *****Don Giovanni***** Overture** Among the most revealing episodes in Mozart’s creative life is the **composition of the overture to *****Don Giovanni***, completed in **Prague in October 1787**,…

# **Laughter While Composing Tragedy: Mozart and *****Don Giovanni*** One of the most disconcerting—and revealing—features of Mozart’s personality, as reported by contemporaries, is the apparent contradiction between **the gravity of his artistic creations and…

# **Mozart and the Problem of Patronage** Mozart’s relationship with patronage represents one of the most **radical ethical and professional positions taken by any major composer of the 18th century**. In an era when…

# **Manuscripts with Minimal Revision: Mozart’s Mental Compositional Process** A striking feature of many surviving Mozart autographs—particularly from his **mature Viennese years (1781–1791)**—is the **remarkable continuity and cleanliness of the notation**. Pages often unfold…

# **Mozart and Contrapuntal Improvisation in Social Settings** Among the many abilities attributed to Mozart, none was more consistently reported by contemporaries—and yet more poorly understood by later audiences—than his capacity for **contrapuntal improvisation**.…

# **Edouard Hamman:** Mozart at the spinet, performing selections from 'Don Giovanni' for the first time to a small company. Illustration, 19th century

# Mozart (1756-1791) playing the piano with the imperial family (Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor). Vienna. Engraving by A. Closs.-- 1882

# **Mozart: Emperor Joseph II and the Remark about “Too Many Notes”** The remark traditionally attributed to **Emperor Joseph II**—that Mozart’s music contained “too many notes”—is one of the most famous, and most misunderstood,…

# **Mozart and the Transcription of Allegri’s *****Miserere***** (Rome, 1770)** When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in **Rome in April 1770**, he was fourteen years old and already widely known across Europe as a prodigy.…

# **Mozart and Johann Christian Bach (London, 1764–1765)** When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in London in the spring of **1764**, he was not merely a prodigious child touring Europe with his family; he was…

# **ANECDOTES FROM MOZART’S LIFE ** **1. The encounter with Johann Christian Bach (London, 1764–1765)** At the age of **8–9**, Mozart met **Johann Christian Bach** in London, a central figure of the galant style.…

# **Mozart - Divertimento K.334 & Oboe Quartet K.370 - Scottish Chamber Orchestra Ensemble - Alexander Janiczek ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-k-334-k-146043736?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-k-334-k-146043736?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Don Giovanni - Andrew Davis ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-don-davis-146043588?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-don-davis-146043588?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Great Mass KV 427 - Louis Langree ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-mass-in-c-146043157?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-mass-in-c-146043157?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Mitridate, rè di Ponto - Marc Minkowski - 2020 ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-mitridate-146042989?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-mitridate-146042989?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Mozart in the nineteenth-century drawing room - The Jupiter Project ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-mozart-in-146042895?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-mozart-in-146042895?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos 20 & 23 - Collegium Musicum Copenhagen, Michael Schønwandt, Elisabeth Westenholz (Piano)** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-20-146042660?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-20-146042660?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Symphonies 40 & 41 - Frans Bruggen **[PHILIPS 434 149-2] [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-40-41-434-146042354?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-40-41-434-146042354?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Serenades & Divertimenti · Wiener Mozart Ensemble · Willi Boskovsky (1967-78) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-serenades-146042127?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-serenades-146042127?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

## Tchaikovsky on Mozart Opinions, Quotes, and Primary Sources 1. Mozart as the Supreme Musical Ideal For Tchaikovsky, Mozart was not merely a great composer of the past but **the supreme embodiment of musical…

# **Where Haydn Was More Genius Than Mozart — A Clear, Honest Comparison** The question is delicate, but entirely legitimate. Mozart is often — and rightly — regarded as the absolute musical genius. Yet…

# **Brahms - Symphony No. 4, Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 2 - Aurèle Nicolet, Arvid Jansons ** **A Fabulous Recording** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-symphony-145741580?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-symphony-145741580?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-symphony-145741580?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Brahms:** Sinfonie Nr. 4 e-moll, op. 98 **Mozart:** Konzert für Flöte No.…

## Gustav Mahler’s View of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart **A documented synthesis based on reliable sources** What follows is **a broad yet precise exposition** of **Gustav Mahler’s view of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**, based **exclusively on…