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When he was 13 years old, Mozart visited Rome, where he heard Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere being performed in the Sistine Chapel. He then wrote down the music from memory later. Impressive ...

Mozart also proved his brilliance when he heard the late Renaissance choral music, the Miserere, composed by Gregorio Allegri ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the greatest and most influential composers in the history of Western music. He composed over 600 works for all the musical genres of his day including operas ...

Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (1756–1791) was arguably the most gifted musician in the history of classical music. His inspiration is often described as 'divine', but he worked ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Robert Levin has long argued that Mozart would have made up new material while performing, and he follows the master in a ...

Mozart is probably the most celebrated composer from the Classical period of music. His output contained over six hundred compositions, many of which were for the piano, an instrument he played ...

Allegri's haunting Miserere is famous for both its ethereal beauty and for the mystery surrounding its composition. It is written for 2 choirs, who alternate phrases ...

His setting was heard exclusively at the Vatican’s own Sistine Chapel Tenebrae service until, one Wednesday in 1770, the 14-year-old Mozart ... is a clip from Allegri's Miserere by Tenebrae ...

Discover the story behind Mozart’s ‘Clarinet Concerto in A Major’ which is widely regarded as the greatest clarinet concerto. Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, widely regarded as the greatest ...

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In 1638, Gregorio Allegri composed a setting of Miserere mei, Deus (Psalm 51 ... Fast forward to 1764-65, when a young Mozart heard a performance of Allegri's composition, went back to his ...