Wolfgang, I have thought for a long time that Mozart had his "folksy" side. (OK, so he's Austrian, but anyway....) His choice of storylines for some of his operas weren't wildly popular with the royalty who employed him, but were popular with the people. After all, you can't get much fluffier than "Der Fogelfanger"!

I love Schubert leider. wouldn't that have been folk music of the time?

Margarita