Mozart's Approach To Composition
A surviving letter of Mozart's to his father Leopold (31 July 1778) indicates that he considered composition to be an active process, the product of his intellect and carried out under conscious control:
- You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak—that I think about it all day long—that I like experimenting—studying—reflecting.
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