William Hong wrote:

>Bob Draper wrote about Mozart's counterpoint:
>
>>The pundits seem to be awarding plaudits to M for this line of approach
>>but to me the result seems messy.  There's much too much going on in 'late'
>>Mozart for my liking as the man seeks to impress.  The musicians seem to be
>>having a battle with each other.
>>
>>The man WAS right "too many notes"!
>
>Well, there may have been a point when WAM wrote "too many notes", but
>I tend to place that more in his earlier years, not his late ones.  The
>Jupiter was written ca.  1788, and he had 3+ more years to go.
>
>When I listen to works like Zauberflote, the Clarinet Quintet and
>Concerto, the final Piano Concerto, the works for glass harmonica, "Ave
>Verum Corpus", and even the Requiem, I don't hear a lot of "battling"
>counterpoint or flashiness.  IIRC, Rosen has also mentioned this sparser
>style of writing in his book "The Classical Style".
>
>Bill H.

Is there Documented & Verifiable Proof of the "Too Many" Comment??
& Rosen also suggested the Sparser Style in the Great Composers Video
recently shown on TV here and taped (of course).                    Bill(Y).