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# **Why Beethoven Is the Most Loved Composer in History — Even More Than Bach and Mozart** To say that **Beethoven is the most loved composer in history** does not mean denying the incomparable…

# **Bach, Mozart, and the Idea of Musical Genius: A Comparative Study** The word *genius* in music often conjures two names before all others: **Johann Sebastian Bach** and **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**. They represent two…

# **Bach and Mozart** Placing Bach and Mozart side by side is like placing two continents next to each other: they touch at the edges, share a landscape of harmony and counterpoint, yet each…

# **Mozart vs. Gluck — Work-by-Work Comparison** What follows is not a “who is better” exercise, but a close look at how two radically different operatic minds approach **myth, morality, character, time, and musical…

# **Mozart Seen by the Great Composers** When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in December 1791, the world did not yet understand what it had lost. His contemporaries admired him, yes, but the depth of…

# **Brahms on Mozart — Opinions, Quotes, and Primary Sources** ## **1. “That’s the only thing that means anything to me — Mozart!”** A de las declaraciones más célebres de Brahms proviene de un…

# **Beethoven on Mozart — Opinions, Quotes, and Primary Sources** ## **1. “I shall never forget Mozart’s *****Requiem*****.”** Beethoven admired Mozart’s *Requiem* intensely. In an 1801 conversation relayed by his friend Franz Gerhard Wegeler,…

# **Hector Berlioz on Mozart — Opinions, Quotes, and Sources** Few 19th-century composers revered Mozart with the same mixture of awe, affection, and artistic gratitude as **Hector Berlioz**. Although Berlioz was temperamentally distant from…

# **WHY MOZART WAS THE ABSOLUTE GENIUS IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC** ## **1. An unrepeatable combination of natural gifts: intuition, ear, and total memory** Many composers were prodigies, but **none combined such a…

# **Soprano Leontyne Price, conductor Karl Bohm, and George Shirley posing during a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” 1966-67.**

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos No.20 Kv 466 - No.6 Kv 238 - Vladimir Ashkenazy - London Symphony - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-145449909?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-145449909?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos No.8 Kv 246 - No.9 Kv 271 - Rondo Kv 386 - Vladimir Ashkenazy - London Symphony - Istvan Kertesz ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-145449610?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-145449610?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Piano Quartets - Kv 478 - Kv 493 - Georg Solti, piano with Melos Quartet ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-kv-145368185?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-kv-145368185?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Requiem KV 626 - Sir Georg Solti ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-requiem-145358272?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-requiem-145358272?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Great Messe KV 427 - Sir Georg Solti** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-great-kv-145357979?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-great-kv-145357979?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 38, 39 & 41, Coronation Mass, Vesperae solemnes de confessore - Jascha Horenstein ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-nos-38-39-145298719?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-nos-38-39-145298719?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Requiem in D Minor KV 626 - Jascha Horenstein ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-requiem-d-145298136?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-requiem-d-145298136?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Carlos Kleiber conducts Weber, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn, Berg & Beethoven** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/carlos-kleiber-145263158?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/carlos-kleiber-145263158?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Symphony No. 33 - Brahms - Symphony No.4 Op.98 - Carlos Kleiber ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-symphony-145262747?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-symphony-145262747?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Symphony No.36 Kv 425 - Brahms - Symphony No.2 Op.73 - Carlos Kleiber ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-symphony-145262574?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-symphony-145262574?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **A Psychological Portrait of Mozart Lovers — And a Guide to Mozart’s Works for Every Emotional State** Studies in musical psychology (North, Hargreaves, Rentfrow, Gosling, Levitin, Levitin) consistently show that those who feel…

# **Beethoven - Violin Concerto & Mozart Symphony No.40 - Richard Tognetti - Anthony Halstead ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-violin-145230934?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-violin-145230934?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Early Symphonies - Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (7CD) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-early-7cd-145227331?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-early-7cd-145227331?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25 - Imogen Cooper - Northern Sinfonia - Bradley Creswick ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-nos-144879896?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-nos-144879896?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)