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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. Masonic Dirge in
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