On 21 Feb 2007 at 11:48, John Howell wrote:

> Perhaps comparable to Mozart writing divertimenti for 
> garden parties!

If Mozart had "written divertimenti for garden parties," yes.

But he didn't.

In Mozart's term, the term "divertimento" didn't mean much more than 
just "chamber music."

The example you were looking for was the German Dances that he wrote 
in his last few years to make money.

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David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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