“My sole recreations consist in dancing English hornpipes and cutting capers. Italy is a land of sleep; I am always drowsy here.”
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (full baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart), was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers. ([Source][1].) His birthday is noted as 17 January, 1756 [in this book of his letters][2]. (Wikipedia thinks it's the 27th.) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart [2]: http://www.archive.org/stream/lettersofwolfgan01moza#page/n25/mode/2up
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“My sole recreations consist in dancing English hornpipes and cutting capers. Italy is a land of sleep; I am always drowsy here.”
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“My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me an opportunity to write for the church as much as I please.”
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“I know nothing new except that Herr Gellert, the Leipzig poet, is dead, and has written no more poetry since his death.”
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“If I were obliged to marry all those with whom I have jested, I should have at least two hundred wives.”
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“I cannot write poetically, for I am no poet. I cannot make fine artistic phrases that cast light and shadow, for I am no painter. I can neither by signs nor by pantomime express my thoughts...”
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“I am one of those who will go on doing till all doings are at an end.”
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“An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life.”
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