There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that Mozart once heard an especially poor violinist playing in the street, and insisted that he keep performing. He found the bad playing a point of great amusement. It gives rise to an interesting facet of most music – its relative lack of humour.
Mozart was, of course, not in that list. There is great humour in his music, especially in the operas. It is a facet of his panorama of dramatic effects. Of all the great c…
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