"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

27 January 2024

Happy Birthday, Mozart

Lange, Mozart, 1782


It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born on this day in 1756

Katy Woolley, horn, Bogdan Bozovic, violin, Mark Holloway and Rosalind Ventris, violas, and James Barralet, cello, perform the Horn Quintet E flat K407  ...

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