Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time

Leopold Mozart with Wolfgang and Maria Anna
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This is probably the original painting from which several copies, including an engraving, were made. The original was executed at the request of the Mozarts’ Parisian patron, Baron Melchior von Grimm.

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Leopold Mozart with Mozart and Maria Anna, called Nannerl. Watercolor by Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, Paris, November 1763. Original owned by the British Museum.
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Introduction
From Sketch to Completed Work
From Print to CD
How did Mozart Compose?
The Mozart Myth: Tales of a Forgery
Mozart's Images
Mozart's Images Imagined
What the Score Doesn't Tell Us
The Piano Lesson
The Cult of Mozart
Commodification & Kitsch
Credits
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