Mozart Minute
“Mozart Minute,” hosted by Jennifer Hambrick, Classical 101 Midday Announcer, takes a look at the life of Mozart and little known tidbits and trivia about the Austrian composer, in a minute
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Classical 101As the saying goes, it takes one to know one. Mozart knew all kinds of characters, on and off the opera stage. He also knew good drama when he saw it,… -
Classical 101It's a scene fit for the opera stage: The curtain rises. The emperor sits on his throne while three young composers clutching scrolls of parchment inked… -
Classical 101In the final scenes of Amadeus, Mozart dictates his Requiem Mass from his deathbed to Antonio Salieri. But Mozart’s sister-in-law Sophie Heibel, tells a… -
Classical 101In February 1783, Mozart was a happy newlywed, an expectant father and a brilliant composer in the dawn of what he knew could be an illustrious career. In… -
Classical 101The angel of death visited Mozart in December 1791. Then the angel of debt besieged Mozart's widow for years to come.Mozart's sudden and untimely death…
