Zaide
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Zaide is an unfinished German-language opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Emperor Joseph II, in 1778, was in the process of setting up an opera company for the purpose of perfo
Detail of Wolfgang from the 1780–81 Portrait of the Mozart Family
Symphony No. 32 (Mozart)
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The Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779, after his return from Paris.
Zaide
…companion pieces to Zaide have been written by both Luciano Berio and Chaya Czernowin. In modern performances, Mozart's Symphonies No. 26, K. 184, or No. 32, K. 318 – which was composed around the same time as Zaide and later used as an overture to Francesco Bianchi's La villanella rapita (1784) – are often…
Mozart in 1777, wearing the Papal Order of the Golden Spur