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[ An account of J. S. Bach's scientific method is given by Forkel (Ueb. J. S. Bach, p. 11); a notice of the system of fingering formerly in use will be found in Becker (Hausmusik in Deutschland, p. 58).]
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[ A. E. Müller, in his "Anweisung zum genauen Vortrag der Mozartschen Klavierkonzerte" (Leipzig, 1796), has applied the principles of Bach's fingering to the more difficult passages of five concertos of Mozart.]
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[ "Nothing made Mozart so angry as the maltreatment of his operas in public performances, principally by exaggerating the rate of the tempos," says Rochlitz (A. M. Z., I., p. 84).]
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[ "It was his greatest and oft-lamented grievance," says Rochlitz (A. M. Z., I., p. 49), "that he was generally expected to perform mechanical juggling tricks and tight-rope antics on the instrument, which it amused people to see.">[
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[ "Mozart is the most finished and best pianoforte-player that I have ever heard," writes a correspondent from Vienna in 1787 (Cramer, Mag. f. Mus., II., p. 1273). "Never shall I forget the divine pleasure afforded me," says Rochlitz (A. M. Z., I., p. 113), "partly by the spirituality of his compositions, partly by the brilliancy, as well as the heart-melting tenderness of his execution." (Cf. I., p. 387).]