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Title: Mozart, the story of his life as a man and artist : according to authentic documents & other sources
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wilder, Victor, 1835-1892 Liebich, Franz, Mrs
Subjects: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ward in his owndrawing-room and procure him invitations to the besthouses in the town, but he obtained for him an unhoped-for honour: la scrittura for the winter season, that is tosay, an engagement, this time in correct and valid form,to compose a grand opera for the Christmas festivities.This contract, which flattered the fathers pride and raisedthe childs hopes, was-calculated neither to hinder theirfuture plans, nor to interfere with the itinerary of traveltraced out. It only bound them to return to Milan inthe beginning of November, the impresario promising,on his side, to despatch them a libretto directly he hadfixed on one of his choice. Besides lodgement free of * Mozart does not name the composers of these three operas.The first quoted work is probably by Guglielmi, who composed a Ruggiero in 1769; the second might well be by Piccini, whohad written a Demetrio in 1762; and to all appearance, theClemenza di Tito belongs to the Maestro Aufossi, who com-posed it in Rome in 1769.
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Leopold Mozart with liis Children ; Wolfgang Amadeiis, 7, and Marianne, 11 years of age. After De Carniontelle. Painted in Paris, 1763. Now in the possession of Lord Revelstoke. Mnzarf—p. 6/4. Mozart: The Man and the Artist. 65 charge, the composer was to receive one hundred gigliatior Florence sequins.* Thus, with this joyful perspective before him, Wolf-gang started for Milan. Lodi was his first halt, and hethere made his initial attempt at chamber music. Hewrote his first quartet March 15, at six oclock in the even-ing, alle 6 di sera; and this he carefully made a note of.At Parma the travellers made the acquaintance of afamous cantatrice, Lucrezia Agujari, known by the singu-lar sobriquet of la Bastardella. She is not pretty, saidLeopold Mozart, but neither is she unpleasing to lookat. From time to time there is a wild gleam in her eyes,like what one sees in the glance of those who are subjectto convulsions. She has a slight limp.t While the father drew a pen picture of the arti

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