txtCommentary1=Between the ages of 14 and 34, Mozart completed almost two dozen {\uldb string quartets}{\v 154839}. This productivity was exceeded by the indefatigable {\uldb Haydn}{\v 132423}, who completed more than eighty quartets in a considerably longer career. The temptation to compare work habits is irresistible. Haydn worked steadily, Mozart in spurts. Haydn spent most of his career as a servant to an aristocrat; Mozart rebelled
txtChapterHead=Mozart at Work
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txtCommentary2=\par\par and paid the consequences. Haydn was a classic late bloomer; had he died at 35 (like Mozart), Haydn would be largely forgotten. Haydn\'92s fame grew steadily and peaked when he was in his sixties. Mozart\'92s fame, it could be argued, peaked when he was ten. Yet in the end, both took the language of their day and gave it universal expression.
