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Mozart, less a classic than a harbinger of Romanticism

I'm a little embarrassed to think that Mozart is the classical composer par excellence, as opposed to the Baroque or Romantic composers. The word «classical» evokes regularity and order. But there's something original, profound and authentic in Mozart's music that doesn't quite fit in with classicism. This article, based on a lecture by pianist Jean-François Zygel, describes the subtle processes that explain Mozart's pre-Romanticism.

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