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  • Milan, Italy
    Sunday Jan 17, 1773
    Mozart

    Jubilate

    Milan, Italy
    Sunday Jan 17, 1773

    The person singing the lead role in Lucio Silla was a castrato named Venanzio Rauzzini in his late 20s. Mozart was especially fascinated with him, and he wrote him a three-movement motet, 'Exsultate, jubilate,' which women sopranos generally sing these days. To both composer and artist the last movement was a bit of a show-off. Mozart gave himself the challenge of setting only one term for the entire campaign, "Alleluia." Rauzzini would have loved it with its fast-paced and amazingly catchy vocal line. This was first heard on 17 January; at the Theatine Church in Milan in 1773. Exsultate, jubilate, for Mozart, is an important piece and one of the few pieces he wrote before adulthood that has remained among his most popular works.




  • Salzburg, Austria
    Saturday May 1, 1773
    Mozart

    Mozart and Metastasio

    Salzburg, Austria
    Saturday May 1, 1773

    Mozart paired with the grand old man of the world of libretto, the 74-year-old poet Metastasio. This wasn't an opera, this wasn't an oratorio, it was a 'dramatic serenade' that was performed successfully on May 1 of that year at the enthronement. Sadly, while it was definitely of high quality and certainly significant at the period, it has not survived the test of time to claim a place in the general repertoire.




  • Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
    1773
    Ottoman Empire

    Istanbul Technical University

    Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
    1773

    Educational and technological reforms came about, including the establishment of higher education institutions such as the Istanbul Technical University.




  • La Rochelle
    Sunday Aug 22, 1773

    Aimé Bonpland Birth

    La Rochelle
    Sunday Aug 22, 1773

    Aimé Bonpland was born in La Rochelle, France, in 1858, and traveled with Alexander von Humboldt.




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