Word: rossler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dogged Mozart, and almost all of the 18th century German composers. In his day, every petty German prince had his court musicians and his "Kapellmeister" who trained the singers, trained and conducted the orchestra, played the organ, and wrote music on the side. Rosetti, who changed his name from Rossler to get a hearing in his own country when Italian music was the rage, was one of these. He called himself a "godly Philistine," and had a lot more talent as a composer than subsequent history has given him credit for. His newly finished Requiem, in fact, was performed...