Casual Classics No. 3 - The Anatomy of a Composer: Mozart's Competition: Friends and Foes

Who was better? Who was more popular? And - can you tell who’s who? Please enter Mozart’s musical world and meet his friends and foes. First, his quartet buddies, the violinists F. J. Haydn and C. D. Dittersdorf, who equaled Mozart in popularity. The Italians-Cimarosa, considered the best composer of opera buffa in Europe, and the infamous Antonio Salieri, composer at the court (and teacher of one of Mozart’s sons). And of course Haydn, Mozart’s teacher, friend and admirer.