William Hong wrote:

>I don't claim that this is how Mozart saw himself, but it does explain
>to me the feeling I get that so many of his instrumental works SING.

I cannot agree more.  Mozart was, beyond all doubt, a composer for
voice.  This holds true for all his works.  It is my undertanding that
WAM considered opera to be the utmost form/genre of musical expression
and all of his compositions reflect this notion.

Regards, Iain Simons