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cahnAnd including Emperor Joseph II!
from Derek Beales: Joseph II, Volume 2: Against the World, 1780 - 1790:
Joseph's alleged comment to Mozart about the Entführung, "Too many notes", has been taken as evidence of his ignorance. But he probably said something like, "Too beautiful for our ears, and monstrous many notes." It is always necessary to bear in mind, when appraising the emperor's remarks, his peculiar brand of humor or sarcasm. He was usually getting at someone. And he did not use the royal "we". The ears in question were those of the Viennese audience, whom he was mocking for their limited appreciation of Mozart's elaborate music.
(though not gonna lie, I think it is a LOT of notes)
from Derek Beales: Joseph II, Volume 2: Against the World, 1780 - 1790:
Joseph's alleged comment to Mozart about the Entführung, "Too many notes", has been taken as evidence of his ignorance. But he probably said something like, "Too beautiful for our ears, and monstrous many notes." It is always necessary to bear in mind, when appraising the emperor's remarks, his peculiar brand of humor or sarcasm. He was usually getting at someone. And he did not use the royal "we". The ears in question were those of the Viennese audience, whom he was mocking for their limited appreciation of Mozart's elaborate music.
(though not gonna lie, I think it is a LOT of notes)
Re: A Fritz podcast episode with some hilarious claims
Date: 2022-01-27 02:16 pm (UTC)Oh, I sure know that, thanks to you, and apparently podcast guy found out about it as well - and then googled MT without checking his dates re: Dad's death and subsequently came up with the out-of-nowhere explanation that Fritz was into powerful women, even though he rather famously very much wasn't? I don't know.
Speaking of Voltaire's memoirs, they do get a mention - as a source for the homosexual lifestyle of course - as does the fact that Voltaire lived in Sanssouci for a while and then fled "under mysterious circumstances, in the middle of the night". Noooot really all that mysterious, guys! Both he and Fritz made damn sure of that!
I guess someone somewhere saw a photo of the Neues Palais and thought it was the main building?
Thing is, the guy sounds like he's been there himself, complete with "if you are ever in Berlin, make the trip, it's awesome and even gayer than I described, I promise". And yet, quote: Frederick "built himself an enormous pink rococo palace on top of a giant staircase with fountains and great trellises and called it Sanssouci". I got nothing either.
how to do they think the Hohenzollern line continued, given that Fritz had no kids?
Matrilinear maybe? They are aware that he didn't have kids and was succeeded by his nephew at least, even mention the grave episode.