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Behind the Top 100: Mozart Hurls Thunderbolts
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2019-04-29 10:40:02
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Mozart’s last symphony picked up its nickname “Jupiter” in London around 1820. Some think it’s a reference to the loftiness of Mozart’s ideas. Others point to the opening of the symphony and say that they hear the “thunderbolts of Jupiter.” But as impressive as this opening movement may be, the real news is in the last movement, whose concluding section is a masterpiece of the art of counterpoint, weaving together the musical fabric from individual strands of melody.
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