Don Giovanni
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · first published 1800
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Mozart's great compositions such as Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, the piano concertos and choral works send me off into an eatherial world that only another devotee would understand. I put them amongst the greatest works of Western art of all time. With that in mind…
on “Mozart: Leck mich im Arsch” ↗…the late Enlightenment. These operas aren't just a means to listen to great music, they're also full of dramatic interest and are truly entertaining to watch. Nothing exemplifies this more than does Don Giovanni. Here, Mozart and Da Ponte are at their absolute pinnacle, they brilliantly combine and contrast The Don's terribly flawed character in that he's both a rapist, murderer and ultimately an unrepentant…
on “Mozart: Leck mich im Arsch” ↗…fallen out of popularity, but film music in the classical style is certainly popular." That's true, same with musicals, but it's a great shame that many more people don't listen to say Mozart/Da Ponte's Don Giovanni and Bach's B minor Mass. Those works are a part of the great musical canon and two of the greatest works of musical art ever to come out of the Western Tradition, and if people were given the right opportunity…
on “Classical Music Is for Everyone” ↗Had he been able to, should Mozart have used a LLM to help him compose Don Giovanni? There are things more important than being productive.
on “We Don't Use AI” ↗