THE DEATH OF MOZART

By James Willey Dr. Mabry says it all:“It is rare when one finds a new musical composition which seems to have everything: humor, pathos, beautiful melody, camp, originality, drama, unique characterizations, instrumental and vocal challenges, opportunity for set and lighting design, and a good cause for collaboration between singers and instrumentalists. THE DEATH OF MOZART by James Willey is just such a rare vehicle for the ambitious producer of new music. This twenty-minute piece, composed in 1975 and revised in 1980, was written for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Group for New Music, Charles Fussell, director. It has had several performances and is published by Leyerle Publications... THE DEATH OF MOZART is a theatre piece for soprano, narrator, and chamber ensemble of flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, percussion (4 timpani, tambourine, sand blocks, triangle, suspended cymbal, pair of cymbals, pedal cymbals, large cowbell, tam-tam, small gong, vibraphone, tubular bell,