Life of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3)

by Otto Jahn

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[ Luigi Boccherini (1740-1805), who was almost a contemporary, followed his own bent in numerous quartets, quintets, and trios, uninfluenced by the works of others, and not himself exerting any lasting influence (Piquot, Notice sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de L. Boccherini. Paris, 1851).]

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[ The advertisement (Wien. Ztg., 1785, No. 75, p. 2191) ran: "Mozart's works require no praise, and to quote any would be superfluous; we can only assure the public that we are offering them a masterpiece. This is confirmed by the fact that the quartets are dedicated to his friend Joseph Haydn, Kapellmeister to Prince Estcrhazy, who honoured them with all the approbation which one man of genius can bestow upon another.">[

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[ Dittersdorf, Selbstbiogr., p. 238.]

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[ Nissen, Nachtrag, p. 62.]

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[ Cramer, Magazin der Musik, II., p. 1273.]