41 has been known as "Jupiter" for aeons, Mozart did not dub his symphony as such. What's in a nickname? Though Symphony No. With that in mind, here are a few grace notes that have been attached over the years to Mozart's masterpiece.’ No less than Robert Schumann himself observed: “About many things in this world there is simply nothing to be said - for example, about Mozart’s C Major Symphony, much of Shakespeare and some of Beethoven.”
Others, however, are more inclined to cut the symphony (which the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will perform under Marek Janowski on Nov.
British musicologist Donald Tovey once declared of Mozart's last symphony: “The title Jupiter takes rank with the titles Emperor Concerto and Moonlight Sonata as among the silliest injuries ever inflicted on great works of art.”
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