Mozart and opera
… Lire plusEvery time the idea comes to mind that it would be good to write an opera, I feel as if my body was afire, and tremble from head to foot with impatience.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Letter of July 31, 1778
Maestrino Mozart: youthful operas
Every time I think in my mind of writing an opera, I feel as if my body were afire, and tremble from head to foot.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Letter of July 31, 1778
These days, everyone knows of Mozart’s astonishingly … Lire plus
Of Tact and Elegance: Gallant and Classic
In music, classicism slowly settled at the same pace as the gallant style. This style changed up the rigid ways of baroque, and was the first to prominently do so, in a number of ways. Firstly, the basso continuo, as … Lire plus
