Amadeus - "There are simply too many notes."

prestoagitato2 · 2.3M views · 2008-11-10 · 1:36

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A 2-minute scene from the film Amadeus in which the emperor says Mozart's opera has simply too many notes and Mozart asks which few to cut.

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HN quotes the scene humorously and analogically, for example about extremely dense Black MIDI music or whether melodies are scarce.

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hilbert42 · 2022-05 · Reference
There's never been any shortage of melodies, rather the problem is and has always been whether one has the talent to arrange the notes: [VIDEO] ?
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arthurcolle · 2021-07 · Joke / meme
I just noticed what you were saying - yes lol, delete the account that you've migrated stuff off of. Good catch, too many numbers. [VIDEO]
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baldfat · 2015-11 · Reference
I immediately thought of a quote from the movie Amadaus (About Mozart) EMPEROR: Of course I do. It's very good. Of course now and then - just now and then - it gets a touch elaborate. MOZART: What do you mean, Sire? EMPEROR: Well, I mean occasionally it seems to have, how shall one say? [he stops in difficulty; turning to Orsini-Rosenberg] How shall one say, Director? ORSINI-ROSENBERG: Too many notes, Your Majesty? EMPEROR: Exactly. Very well put. Too many notes. MOZART: I don't understand. There are just as many notes, Majesty, as are required. Neither more nor less. EMPEROR: My dear fellow, there are in fact only so many notes the ear can hear in the course of an evening. I think I'm right in saying that, aren't I, Court Composer? SALIERI: Yes! yes! er, on the whole, yes, Majesty. MOZART: But this is absurd! [VIDEO] This certainly is an interesting area to explorer musically. Want can we do with a piano if we had more than ten notes to play at a time. Right now it is HOW many can we play and still sound musical from the samples I saw.
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