The labour of Constanze Mozart--a musical occasion?
In the diary of Mary and Vincent Novello it is mentioned that Constanze Mozart has told that the Quartet in D Minor (K 421/417 b) was written by Mozart during her delivery. The evidence for this information is discussed.
Lammes
F B
FB
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
van Mourik
M
M
D001317:Austria; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy