"Ich sage ihnen vor Gott, als ein ehrlicher Mann, ihr Sohn ist der größte Componist, den ich von Person und den Nahmen nach kenne: er hat geschmack, und über das die größte Compositionswissenschaft."
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Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name: He has taste, and, furthermore, the most profound knowledge of composition. — Quoted in a letter from Leopold Mozart to Maria Anna Mozart (1785-02-16)
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Joseph Haydn
1732 – 1809
österreichischer Komponist
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