by admin | Oct 25, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Truth or Deception? The Curious Case of Mozart’s "Lullaby" Examining the murky history of “Schlafe mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein” and its questionable authorship In the sprawling world of Mozartian myths, few tales have endured as long or as stubbornly as the origins of...
by admin | Oct 24, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
The Contradictions Behind Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto K.191 and Other Puzzling Pieces The Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K.191 has long been celebrated as a foundational work for the bassoon, yet its origins remain shrouded in mystery. Originally thought to have been...
by admin | Oct 23, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
The Contradictions Behind Mozart’s Horn Concerto K.412 A Scrutiny of Authorship and Misleading Attribution The authenticity of Mozart’s Horn Concerto K.412 remains hotly debated, as the work bears numerous contradictions in its manuscript history. The first movement...
by admin | Oct 22, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
The Forgotten Viennese Quartets Mozart’s Lost Compositions or Mere Exercises? The six “Viennese” quartets, composed by Mozart under the supervision of his father, remained hidden from public knowledge for over a decade. There is no certainty they were written in...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
A Misleading Legacy The Questionable Attribution of Mozart’s Offertorium K.34 The Offertorium K.34, Scande Coeli limina, has long been attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but the evidence supporting this claim is far from reliable. Lacking an autograph manuscript...
by admin | Oct 20, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
An Unfinished Story The Mysterious Case of Mozart’s Duets It’s not uncommon for composers of string quartets to leave a legacy of duets as well, as we see in the works of Giovanni Battista Viotti. Yet, when it comes to Mozart, his four duets seem almost...
