I Still Have a Few More Questions.... Why did the Emperor have to collect Mozart's music? Most of Mozart's compositions had not been printed and published during his lifetime. Many different people had the manuscripts of one or another work. Often there wereno copies other than the original manuscript in Wolfgang's own hand. We knowthat unfortunately some of hisworks have been lost because of this, and in fact from time to time works of Mozart arestill being discovered that were previously unknown. Is there any particular significance to those boxes that contain the manuscripts in Wolferl? Yes, the boxes represent some important periods in Mozart's life and work, and important groupsof compositions that he wrote during those periods. The boxes are