tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post5372735446311186232..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: The Worst Mozart Biography Ever. Paul Johnson: «Mozart -- A Life»Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-6197834677569613272023-04-12T23:23:31.849-05:002023-04-12T23:23:31.849-05:00Great review! Here I was enjoying the biography an...Great review! Here I was enjoying the biography and not realizing how ridiculous a lot of the claims are. <br />Johnson says KV 488 is composed in F# minor and is the only concerto composed in this key, but when I look it up on Spotify it’s in A Major. Is that an error too?Spenceynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-81698139948889430632017-01-10T12:39:17.699-05:002017-01-10T12:39:17.699-05:00I'm sure that there will be yet more found... ...I'm sure that there will be yet more found... although I would probably not want to argue that K.612 is <i>not</i> reasonably considered an obscure work of Mozart's. :-)jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-38325722694316947492016-12-10T16:43:48.026-05:002016-12-10T16:43:48.026-05:00Another error of Johnson's that one might poin...Another error of Johnson's that one might point out is that the concert aria <i>Per questa bella mano</i>, K. 612 also has an obbligato part for string bass (nor is it, one supposes, an inordinately obscure work).CJSnoreply@blogger.com