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In July, 1783 Mozart took his new wife home to Salzburg to be introduced to his father and sister. Leopold had offered considerable resistance to the marriage, and his son, undoubtedly, wished to see Constanze win over her new father-in-law. Doing his part to impress his father, Mozart composed several vocal works, most certainly with Constanze in mind as the soprano soloist. The charming opera-fragments Lo sposo deluso‚ and‚ oca del Cairo‚, a Kyrie for vocal quartet and orchestra, and the magnificent "Great" Mass in C Minor were among the works produced during what must surely have been a summer full of interesting domestic situations.
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