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What music did Mozart compose for the coronation of Leopold II in Prague?
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, oil on canvas by Barbara Krafft, 1819.
For the coronation of Leopold II in Prague in September 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the opera La clemenza di Tito ("The Clemency of Titus").1
The work was based on an older libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which was condensed and supplemented by the Dresden court poet Caterino MazzolĂ . While the opera was initially received with indifference by the court, it eventually became one of Mozart's most admired works. Due to the pressure of his schedule, Mozart was assisted by his pupil Franz Xaver SĂźssmayr, who almost certainly composed the plain recitatives for the opera.1