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Did Mozart meet Diderot and d'Alembert ?
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Jim Hawkins
Nov 13, 2011, 5:43:47 PM11/13/11
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On 23rd Feb 1782 Leopold Mozart noted his intention to include letters to
d'Alembert and Diderot in one of his letters to Wolfgang (then in Paris,
staying with the Baron Grimm).
Is it known if they are extant and if he actually sent them ?
And if so, did Wolfgang give them to Grimm to pass on, or did he
actually meet those two ?
And did he meet any of the few remaining philosophes in the d'Holbach
coterie ? Grimm had been in regular contact with them, so he might well
have introduced Wolfgang to them.
Jim Hawkins
d'Alembert and Diderot in one of his letters to Wolfgang (then in Paris,
staying with the Baron Grimm).
Is it known if they are extant and if he actually sent them ?
And if so, did Wolfgang give them to Grimm to pass on, or did he
actually meet those two ?
And did he meet any of the few remaining philosophes in the d'Holbach
coterie ? Grimm had been in regular contact with them, so he might well
have introduced Wolfgang to them.
Jim Hawkins
Michael Bednarek
Nov 14, 2011, 5:34:59 AM11/14/11
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:43:47 -0000, Jim Hawkins wrote in
alt.music.classical:
I thought WAM left for Paris in March 1778 and returned in September
that year. In early 1782, he was busy in Vienna courting Constanze,
playing piano concerts and completing the "Entführung".
Having met Grimm (Friedrich Melchior) on the Mozarts' Grand Tour in
1763/64, Wolfgang met him again in Paris in 1778 at Madame d'Épinay's
place in nr. 5, rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin; both were of course well
acquainted with Diderot.
David Schroeder surmises in "The Cambridge Music Encyclopedia" that
Mozart might have learned something about the workings of irony from
Diderot, but as he mentions no meeting, I suspect he means from reading
or salon discussions.
--
Michael Bednarek "onward"
alt.music.classical:
that year. In early 1782, he was busy in Vienna courting Constanze,
playing piano concerts and completing the "Entführung".
Having met Grimm (Friedrich Melchior) on the Mozarts' Grand Tour in
1763/64, Wolfgang met him again in Paris in 1778 at Madame d'Épinay's
place in nr. 5, rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin; both were of course well
acquainted with Diderot.
David Schroeder surmises in "The Cambridge Music Encyclopedia" that
Mozart might have learned something about the workings of irony from
Diderot, but as he mentions no meeting, I suspect he means from reading
or salon discussions.
--
Michael Bednarek "onward"
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