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Mozart's Divertimento: A Musical Joke

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Mozart: 15 facts about the great composer

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13. Mozart's Divertimento: A Musical Joke

Mozart's A Musical Joke also known as Divertimento for two horns and string quartet, is thought to have been written to be intentionally as a funny piece, clumsy, mechanical and over-repetitive.

  1. Image 1: A Transverse Flute
  2. Image 2: Mozart's Family Portrait: Leopold Mozart, his wife, Maria Anna, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart playing the piano
  3. Image 3: French Horn
  4. Image 4: A still from The King's Speech
  5. Image 5: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart most famous portrait
  6. Image 6: Allegri
  7. Image 7: The Shawshank Redemption still
  8. Image 8: A Church Bell
  9. Image 9: An image of the planet Jupiter
  10. Image 10: Image of a catalogue 15 images

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Mozart News

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finger clicking Mozart

Student finger-clicks along to Mozart's Rondo alla Turca in record-breaking video

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What are the lyrics to the ‘Queen of the Night’ aria?

Magic flute 31 flutes

This old dude playing The Magic Flute on 31 flutes is genuinely impressive

Mozart Music

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New releases: Morricone, Radulovic

New releases: 60 years of iconic Morricone music and Nemanja Radulovic plays Bach

Mozart Jarvi

Stressed tonight? You need this now...

Mozart Complete set

Album reviews and new releases: songs for Remembrance and a magnificent 200-CD Mozart boxset

Mozart Pictures

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Anna-Maria Mozart mother

Famous composers' mothers

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The most beautiful classical music postage stamps

Mozart Child

Classical music’s child prodigies

Mozart Album Reviews

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New releases 12th March 2018

New Releases: Mozart's Violin Concertos performed by Nikolaj Znaider and Brahms' Piano Concertos played by Adam Laloum

New releases 18th September

New Releases: The debut album from The Ayoub Sisters and Noa Wildschut plays Mozart

New Releases 4th September

New Releases: 'Pavarotti: The People's Tenor' and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Mozart

Mozart Guides

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Did Beethoven meet Mozart

Did Beethoven meet Mozart?

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Did Mozart REALLY transcribe Allegri’s Miserere aged 14?

Mozart vs Tchaikovsky quiz

Quiz: Are you more like Mozart or Tchaikovsky?

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