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...will return. What compensation will you require ? ' ' A hundred ducats.' The stranger laid the money on the table, and disappeared. " Mozart remained lost...thought for some time : he then suddenly called for his materials, and commenced the Requiem. In his rage for composition, he wrote day and night, with...

...I will return. What compensation will you require?" "A hundred ducats." The stranger laid the money on the table, and disappeared. Mozart remained lost in thought for some time; he * A funereal piece of music. then suddenly called fjr Ms materials, and commenced the Requiem. In his...

...service, for which he requests you to compose a requiem." Mozart was forcibly struck by this discourse, by the grave manner in which it was uttered, and by the...continued several days ; he wrote day and night, with an ardor which seemed continually to increase ; but his corStitution, already in a state of great debility,...

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...commemorating this mournful event by a solemn service, for which he requests you to compose a requiem." Mozart remained lost in thought for some time: he...continued several days; he wrote day and night, with an ardor which seemed continually to increase; but his constitution, already in a state of great debility,...

...desiring to know the price he set upon it, mentioned a hundred ducats, which the visitor laid upon the table, and disappeared. Mozart remained lost in...in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write. For several days he wrote day and night with unabated ardour; but his feeble constitution was unable...

...desiring to know the price he set upon it, mentioned a hundred ducats, which the visitor laid upon the table, and disappeared. Mozart remained lost in...in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write. For several days he wrote day and night with unabated ardour; but his feeble constitution was unable...