Sir, - Heartiest congratulations to Mr Deane (February 22nd). In a flash of inspiration he solves one of music's most enduring mysteries! And his solution is so blindingly obvious: Mozart did it all by numbers!
Perhaps Mr Deane would now market a Mozart By Numbers Kit (full instructions, please). What fun joining up the dots and tossing off a Figaro or Cosi or two, while tone deaf junior reels off a Mithridate or a few Masses (brevis, if possible)!
Mr Deane might be his own first customer, thereby ensuring an entry in Grove. Otherwise, would he make it? Poor Mozart? Hardly. Poor Deane? Maybe. - Yours, etc.,
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