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Classical 101As spring springs and nature emerges fresh and fragrant, even Mozart can't resist a posy - or, in this case, two.Musicologist Daniel Heartz has painted a…
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Classical 101It’s like a scene from one of Mozart’s operas – the master of the house snoops on his wayward maid and is shocked by what he learns.The maid was Lisa…
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Classical 101If you were a pianist or composer in Europe in Mozart’s day, you definitely had competition. By the time Mozart reached adulthood and was establishing a…
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Classical 101If you followed the previous episode of The Mozart Minute, then you likely wish to know how the birth of Wolfgang and Constanze’s firstborn turned out.…
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Classical 101If you’ve ever known an expectant father, then you’ve probably witnessed that unique mixture of masculine responsibility, fear and uncontainable…
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Classical 101The final concert of the Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall being presented on Classical Showcase, features three works dealing with the theme of…
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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…
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Classical 101Mozart's last three symphonies were written in quick succession in the summer of 1788, and we're not even sure why. There is uncertainty about whether…