Am v. amused but not surprised in one letter Fritz explains how he taught the castrato singer he'd just hiired, Porporino, how to sing properly. (Think Hamlet lecturing the players on how to act.) (And bear in mind that castrati were trained from early childhood onwards and that it was an incredibly tough musical education..)
Oh, god, this is so hilariously in character. Fritz *always* knew better than the experts in their field of expertise, that was his thing. Voltaire and Quantz must have been surprised to be exceptions. :P
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Re: Yuletide ideas and the Other Royal Murder Dad
Date: 2019-09-22 09:33 pm (UTC)Oh, god, this is so hilariously in character. Fritz *always* knew better than the experts in their field of expertise, that was his thing. Voltaire and Quantz must have been surprised to be exceptions. :P