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...mother called him Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jr. Why not? He was the second surviving son of a great composer, and it was a name certainly worth preserving. The only problem was that when Mama made the decision, the boy was well along in childhood and already had a name: Franz Xaver. Wolfgang Jr. or just plain Franz? It was a dilemma that plagued the young Mozart most of his life (1791-1844). Having studied with such notables as Hummel and Salieri, he was a talented enough musician to make his piano debut at age 13. Yet Franz was not another...
Bouncy Spirits. The pity of it is that Franz did have talent. Last week in New York at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival (Wolfgang Sr., that is), listeners got a rare chance to hear Franz's Piano Concerto No. 2 in E Flat, Op. 25. The soloist was the eminent Gary Graffman, that master of diverse styles for whom the score was reconstructed and edited from the original edition by the New York composer and musicologist Douglas Townsend...
...Opera Company presents Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." August 17, 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theater. Tickets $2 with Summer School Privilege Card, otherwise $3.50. Tickets at Loeb Drama Center or Holyoke Center Ticket Office...
Sign up to usher for Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Dean's Office, Lehman B-3. Performances are August...
...Works by Ligetti, Beethoven, and Mozart. Sanders Theater, Memorial Hall. Tickets available at the Loeb Box Office, 64 Brattle St. (864-2630) or the Holyoke Center Ticket Office (495-2663), and at the door. Admission...