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...
by admin | Oct 19, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
A Questionable Canon The Misattribution of Mozart’s K.2 89a (K.6 73i) K.2 89a (K.6 73i) is no grand work of genius, but rather a simple canon exercise for four sopranos. Its problems range from missing voices and unresolved harmonies to a lack of text, suggesting it’s...
by admin | Oct 18, 2024 | Books, Mozart, Mozart The Fall of the Gods, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
The Borrowed Simplicity Mozart’s Canons K.555, K.557, and K.562 The three canons K.555, K.557, and K.562, often dismissed for their apparent simplicity, actually offer a fascinating insight into Mozart’s creative process and his reliance on earlier models,...
