Word: mozartism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cease to be . . ." Feverish and with a badly weakened heart, he conducted his last concert with the New York Philharmonic against his doctor's orders, and developed the streptococcus infection that killed him in 1911 at the age of 50. Strangely, his last whispered reference was to Mozart, a composer poles apart from the German romantic tradition that died with...
...solo parts constantly to suit various singers. In addition, the orchestration varied: at times Handel called only for strings, trumpets and drums, but to these he sometimes added oboes, bassoons and horns. After Handel's death (1759), well-wishers by the dozens set to work "modernizing" the Messiah: Mozart added new parts for violins and violas, used wind instruments in parts previously reserved for the organ or harpsichord; English Composer Ebenezer Prout in 1902 brought out a thickly orchestrated edition retaining most of Mozart's additions (but printing them in small notes). Today some 50 different versions exist...