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Mats Norrman ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Bob Draper <[log in to unmask]>:
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>>But there is massive evidence of influence in a lot of his music
>>particularly the string symphonies. The influence is largely Haydn and
>>Beethoven but one finds Mozart there as well.
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>A klotje of Beethoven & C/O yes, but I feel more Muzio Clementi in the
>string symphonies.
Matts, without wishing to be offensive, is "klotje" simply a typo, or
a piece of Swedish vernacular we'd all love to become acquainted with?
>But from the "Mittsommernachtstraumouverture" his style
>is highly original, and some works even before that (particulary that
>"Swiss" 9th String symphony). But more influences were to come. The old
>guys,Palestrina, Orlando di Lassus, and later on, yes J.S.Bach! He was
>really a child genious!
I defy anyone to come up with a greater work composed by a 16-year-old than
the Octet. (Just to help, Mozart's Koechel numbers for his 17th year range
from 124 to 162, no masterpieces there I submit). The year before MSND
BTW, and surely one of the most sublime works in the chamber literature.
Magical is the only word for the music and its teenage creator.
I therefore propose Felix Mendelssohn as the compositional prodigy of all
time.
Deryk Barker
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