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Mozart was 17 years old when he composed his Symphony no.25 in G minor (k.183)...

At the same age, I had completed Crash Bandicoot's "Hog Wild" stage and could do a pretty decent heelflip on my skateboard...

Life's not a competition, but we'll call it a tie!

— Jan 21, 2022 10:18PM

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Jonathan O'Neill is on page 354 of 494

"According to Nissen, Mozart composed the minuet and trio of the String Quartet in D minor, K. 421, in the night of [his first] child's birth, a remarkable feat of emotional detachment."

— Feb 18, 2022 11:11PM

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Now we are cooking!!

1785-86: Piano Concertos no.20 (🙌) - 25, the "Haydn" Quartets, Symphony no.38, Le Nozze di Figaro, Fantasy in C minor.

"I say to you before God and as an honest man, [Mozart] is the Greatest Composer whom I know in person and by reputation: he has taste and, what is more, he has the most thorough knowledge of composition." - Joseph Haydn

— Feb 15, 2022 10:46PM

Jonathan O'Neill is on page 255 of 494

"—for to please you, my dearest father, I would sacrifice my happiness, my health, and my life—but my honor—that is to me—and it must be to you, too—above everything"

The letter written by Wolfie in Vienna, May 19, 1781 seems, to me, a defining moment in his life and career. He has broken free of the shackles of both the Archbishop of Salzburg and his Father, and is poised to build his legend in Vienna.

— Feb 10, 2022 10:52PM

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Leopold Mozart (To Wolfgang): "... Your whole intent is to ruin me so you can build your castle in the air... I hope that, after your mother had to die in Paris already, you will not also burden your conscience by expediting the death of your father."

Wow, emotional manipulation/mind games are commonplace between Wolfie and his father but that's a low blow, even for Leopold!

— Feb 02, 2022 06:45PM

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— Jan 26, 2022 01:28AM

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'I am full committed to perfecting the sinful life that I have begun. I, therefore, beg for holy dispensation if it can be obtained easily; if not, well, it's all the same to me because the play must go on. "Lusus enim suum habet ambitum"'.

— Jan 25, 2022 07:10PM

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13-yr-old Mozart plays music critic:

"The primo uomo Musico was Cichognani, a pretty voice and a beautiful Cantabile. The other two castrati: young and passable.... A grotesco dancer was there as well; he let out a fart each time he jumped."

Kids will be kids, even prodigious ones!

— Jan 18, 2022 01:32AM