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To: Billthedrill
Freddy was something, that's for sure. He did NOT, as unfairly quoted in Amadeus complain that Mozart's music had "too many notes", that was one of his ministers.

That was supposed to be Emperor Joseph II of Austria, not Frederick the Great of Prussia. Mozart lived in Vienna, not Berlin (unfortunately for the Berliners!).

14 posted on 04/29/2016 11:45:17 AM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Campion

You are correct, of course. Fred the Great’s nephew was Mozart’s patron, not Freddy himself. Mea culpa.


16 posted on 04/29/2016 1:23:44 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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