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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000078.txt from 2006/08

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Cadenzas:Mozart Oboe Quartet
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:59:34 -0400

Sydney Rott wrote:
> I believe Mozart did write out some piano cadenzas. One of my college
> professors wrote his doctoral dissertation on these cadenzas.
Yes, that is most certainly true. It is believed he wrote those out for
friends, just as we have written cadenzas that we today perform.
However, the professional performer of the time was expected to
improvise the cadenza.

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