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Mozart's Divertimento: A Musical Joke

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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 never completed his Requiem.

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Mozart fans queue to hear newly discovered work in Leipzig

‘Mozart dropped a new single’ – classical fans queue to hear newly discovered work in Leipzig

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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New Wes Anderson film ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ is scored with Stravinsky’s music

Hundreds of musicians protest Cardiff University’s proposed music school closure

Cardiff University scraps plans to axe music department

The Piano Boat comes to Britain's canals

Floating piano boat named ‘Rachmaninov’ to return to London’s canals

Diana wins 'The Piano' with performance of 'Dreams' at Newcastle concert hall

87-year-old fulfils ‘lifelong dream’ of becoming a concert pianist in tear-jerking The Piano finale

Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman in 2009

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When Tom Cruise came on set, Simon Pegg and ‘The Final Reckoning’ cast had the Mission Impossible theme in their head

Simon Pegg: ‘We sang the Mission Impossible theme a lot in the cast. Whenever Tom walks on set!’

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UK’s only string instrument-making degree set to close

UK’s last surviving string instrument-making degree set to close

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Unseen footage reveals Dick van Dyke singing ‘Mary Poppins’ with THE Richard Sherman on piano

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