As well as the Walter instrument, Mozart used a piano by Franz Jakob Späth, but we know from a well-known letter to his father Leopold, of 17 October 1777, that Mozart's favourite instrument at ...

So Mozart had to write a new aria — “Al desio ... a stately processional with a dark timbre that foregrounds low wind instruments — contrabassoon and a kind of low clarinet known as a ...

In contrast, Mozart's trio is all about clarity and charm. It's light, joyful and full of elegant musical conversations between the instruments. The trio's sensitivity to each other's playing will ...

New research may have revealed what Mozart really looked like, using cutting-edge facial reconstruction technology based on the composer’s skull. A team of scientists might just have solved one of the ...

This type of instrument was a favorite of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Another early type of piano on show is a clavichord, whose sounds are produced ...