Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1906 — Mosart’s Memory. [ARTICLE]

Mosart’s Memory.

Mozart had a memory for music and for nothing else. Oft attending the papal mass at the Sistlne chapel he was greatly impressed with the musical service and asked for a copy, but was told none could be given him, as the music was not allowed to go out. He went to the next service, listened attentively, went away and wrote down the whole from memory. When “Don Giovanni” was first performed, there was not time to copy a part for the harpsichord, so Mozart conducted the entire opera, about three hours long,, and played harpsichord accompaniment to the songs and choruses without a note of music to assist his memory