Salieri: Are you sure you can't leave these here and come back?
Constanze Mozart: It's tempting sir, but it's impossible I'm afraid. Wolfie would be frantic if he found they were missing, you see they're all originals.
Salieri: Originals?
Constanze Mozart: Yes, sir, he doesn't make copies.
Salieri: These are originals.
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Salieri: They showed no corrections of any kind. He was simply writing down music already finished in his head. Page after page as if he were taking dictation.
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Emperor Joseph II: Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. But there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.
Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty?
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Salieri: Mozart, it was good of you to come!
Mozart: How could I not?
Salieri: So, did my work please you?
Mozart: [hesitantly] I never knew that music like that was possible!
Salieri: [uncertainly] You flatter me.
Mozart: No, no! One hears such sounds, and what can one say but..."Salieri."