Johann Wenzel Tomaschek in Kärntnertortheater - 4 November, 1814

from Excerpts from the Memoirs of J. W. Tomaschek, page 259:

Although I had never felt entirely pleased with the Requiem of the highly-esteemed Mozart because of its utter disunity of style - some movements are written in an old, hackneyed church style, while other sections cannot conceal the secular influence­ - I remained in the church as long as Mozart's spirit held me, as long as his poetic strength filled me with the might of God; but when Süssmayr's weak talent began to tear me from my devout mood, I left with heartsore grief at the untimely departure of such unique genius.
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Abram Loft and Johann Wenzel Tomaschek, Excerpts from the Memoirs of J. W. Tomaschek. In The Musical Quarterly, volume Vol. 32, No. 2 (April, 1946), p. 259. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1425911589039 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Kärntnertortheater

Listeners

Johann Wenzel Tomaschek
Composer, Teacher
1774-1850

Listening to

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Mozart's Requiem
written by Mozart

Experience Information

Date/Time 4 November, 1814
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:33:09 +0000