In the canon
Mozart's Journey to Prague and a Selection of Poems
Eduard Mörike
- Form
- Form Novella
- Year
- Year 1855
- Originally in
- Originally in German
- Pages
- Pages 180
Mozart, four years from death and carrying the unfinished Don Giovanni to Prague, strays into a nobleman's garden, picks an orange from a tree the family has cherished for generations, and cuts it open before the gardener catches him. The theft becomes an invitation, the invitation an evening.
Remember they are waiting there, my soul, Till o'er thy grave they bend to whisper and to blow.
The blurb, the gist, the why of the day and the work itself are in the app. The first button needs it on this device; the second gets it there.