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Interesting Overtures (16) Suppé's "Mozart"

Yes, believe it or not Franz von Suppé composed a big overture and incidental music to a play about the life of Mozart, consisting mostly of borrowed material recast in the style of a Viennese operetta. You've got to hear it to believe it. Musical Example courtesy of Naxos Records
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