stackyFACTSKnown as A Musical Joke, Mozart wrote a piece filled with clumsy phrasing, wrong notes, and painfully unresolved chords. It was a beautifully orchestrated, highly cynical middle finger to the untalented composers and musicians he was forced to endure at court.
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