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Jul 2023
53m 28s

Mozart Symphony No. 38, "Prague"

JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN
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Very few cities have had a relationship with a single person, especially a foreigner, like the city of Prague and its love affair with Mozart. Here’s what Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart’s librettist for some of his greatest operas, said about it: "It is not easy to convey an adequate conception of the enthusiasm of the Bohemians for [Mozart's] music. The pieces wh ... Show More
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