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I uncovered the whole story after hearing Süssmayr on radio accidentally. It sounded so much like Mozart, but was clearly inferior. I didn't know it was S. unti
by mojuba 11y ago
I uncovered the whole story after hearing Süssmayr on radio accidentally. It sounded so much like Mozart, but was clearly inferior. I didn't know it was S. until the host announced who it was. I started googling and found some research on requiem (though the piece on radio was S's own work). At least for me it finally explained why I never managed to listen to requiem in its entirety without getting bored, depending on the performance too, of course. It's all very subjective, but yes, everything Mozart touched is gold, and the rest is a matter of taste. Beethoven didn't like it, for example :)
- Steko 11y agoI agree it's uneven and not as good as Mozart's other celebrated works. But I think all the great composers have lots of uneven pieces as it is without resorting to (often speculative) excuses as to why, they just are. As for Beethoven, actually his famous reply to learning of the authorship issue was 'If Mozart did not write the music, then the man who wrote it was a Mozart.'
- mojuba 11y agoHmmm. That's strange because I remember from one of the books I found that Beethoven regarded requiem as an amateurish work and even Mozart's worst ever, in fact without knowing the whole story behind it. A bit extreme of course, but he was right to an extent.