CHAPTER V.

THE MAGIC FLUTE--TITUS--THE REQUIEM.

Haydn’s Opinion of Mozart--Made Court Composer by Joseph II--Don Giovanni in Vienna--Mozart’s Extreme Poverty--His Cheerfulness under Adverse Circumstances--“The Song of the Swan”--Other Compositions--Mozart’s Opinion of Handel--Acquaintance with Sebastian Bach--Mozart’s Opinion of Church Music--Mozart’s Characteristics--Audience with the Emperor--Petition to His Imperial Majesty--His Religious Feelings--Joins the Free Masons--History of the Magic Flute--The Mysterious Stranger--The Requiem--Success of the Magic Flute--Mozart as Reflected in his Music--His Industry--Last Illness--Strange Fancies--His Last Days--His Death, 181-236

THE LIFE OF MOZART.