arnt this Minuet
and Trio in half an hour, when he was five.' or 'Wolfgang learnt this
Minuet when he was four.'
[12] 'Have mercy'--a psalm of supplication.
[13] The room and the stone table at which he worked are still shown to
visitors at the Villa Bertramka, Koschirz.
[14] It was ascertained after Mozart's death that this personage was a
certain Count Walsegg, who desired a Requiem to be performed in memory
of his wife. The messenger was his steward. The reason for secrecy was
that the Count intended to pass off the Requiem as his own composition,
and in this he actually succeeded.
[15] Mozart died of malignant typhus fever.
MOZART'S PRINCIPAL COMPOSITIONS
OPERAS, ETC.:
Bastien und Bastienne. 1768.
La finta Semplice. 1768.
Mitridate, Re di Ponto. 1770.
Ascanio in Alba. 1771.
La finta Giardiniera. 1774.
Il Re Pastore. 1775.
Zaida. 1780.
King Thamos. 1780.
[The three motets, 'Splendente Te Deus,' 'Ne pulvis et cinis,'
and 'Deus Tibi laus et honor,' are adaptations from this work.]
Idomeneo, Re di Creta. 1781.
Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail. 1782.
Der Schauspieldirector. 1786.
Le Nozze di Figaro. 1786.
Il Don Giovanni. 1787.
Cosi fan tutte. 1790.
Die Zauberfloete. 1791.
La Clemenza di Tito. 1791.
15 Masses (1768-1783) and 1 Requiem (1791).
[The masses published by Novello as No. 7 (B-flat), No. 8 (C),
No. 9 (G), No. 12 (G), Nos. 13 and 16 (E-flat--one Mass), and
No. 17 (C), are not considered authentic. The same may be said
of the Requiem in D minor (No. 18). The celebrated Requiem
(also in D minor, Novello, No. 15) was completed by Suessmayer
after Mozart's death. The well-known Novello No. 1 (in C) and
No. 2 (also in C) were composed in 1779 and 1776.]
4 Litanies.
2 Vespers. 1779 and 1780.
[The 'Laudate Dominum' (in A) of the earlier setting is well
known.]
Te Deum in C. 1772.
Motet, Ave verum. 1791.
Cantata, Davidde Penitente. 1785.
41 Arias for different voices.
6 Vocal Trios and 1 Quartet.
41 Symphonies.
[The earliest symphony was in E-flat (1764). Mention may also be
made of three in the key of D--the Parisian (1778), the Haffner
(1782), and the Prague (1786)--and of his three last and
greatest--in E-flat, G minor, and C, the Jupiter--all composed
in 1788.]
31 Divertimenti, Serenades, etc.
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