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Mozart was not only a composer, but was also a popular pianist of the first order. One of his favorite pianos that he played while he was living in Vienna ... Physics laureate Albert Einstein was influenced by his mother who taught him to play the violin at a very early age. He was especially fond of Mozart, Bach and ... May 15, 2023 ... Throughout the Classical age, the clarinet was regarded increasingly as a capable instrument for cantabile playing. Mozart showed this ... Mar 30, 2013 ... To Mozart's contemporaries the later operas could have sounded like the earlier Masses! Mozart did not borrow a secular form for use in the ... How did you come to be in possession of your instrument? ... When I first heard this instrument play that sound, I knew it was the right instrument for me. ... plays the harp magnificently,” young Wolfgang wrote to his father. Whatever negative feelings Mozart had about the two instruments (and about the daughter's ... From the expressive nuances of the clavichord to the grandeur of the organ, and from the brilliance of the harpsichord to the innovation of the fortepiano, ... Mozart played a number of instruments, including the piano and the violin, although he was far more famous as a composer than as a performer. He was a child ... wants to play on an instrument which has no douceur, no expression, no piano ... is just possible that Mozart himself did not pos- sess Hassler's ... Lastly, composers and musicians of the 18th century did not think twice about using something written for a different instrument on their own. But that doesn't ...