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That's not correct; the opposite would be more accurate. Mozart wrote the majority of his music for the private enjoyment of patrons, and only towards the end of his life did he take a very big risk and try to live solely off compositions for the public (operas for the most part). Haydn spent most of his life as a servant at the court of Prince Nikolaus of Eszterhazy and was not allowed to write anything which would be performed outside the palace first. Modern composers, however, have to have some kind of public-spirited clause to get commissions from arts funds, or else make their music commercial enough for it to sell to the public. Again a rather specious argument. As I said before, Mozart was considered modern, even advanced, to most audiences of his time. In addition Mozart's music contains many subtleties that are not readily apparent without careful study. The overture to Haydn's The Creation certainly doesn't sound traditional and direct (in fact it could have been written 200 years later), whilst on the other side something like Schoenberg's Five PIeces for Orchestra is anything but subtle and uses very clear, almost mathematically logical methods. The underlying technical principles are the same in all music, it is simply the surface style and other essentially superficial factors that change.

The second completed of the 6 to 12 Trio Sonatas that will one day comprise my Opus 25. This work is scored for two violins and continuo (optimally violoncello and harpsichord, but any bass instrument with keyboard or plucked instrument might also be employed, such as viola da gamba and archlute, etc). It is in a transitional style between the Baroque and Classical periods (Galante or Rococo), something I'm very interested in exploring these days. I uploaded a full score for each of the movements, so if you listen to them all, you need only download the score once. I trust that won't create too much difficulty. I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to your comments. EDIT: Kindly note that the movements are out of order due to a glitch and I can't fix them - 1st movement is listed last. Thank you. Sonata a 3 for 2 Violins and Continuo [mp3=J. Lee Graham][/mp3]