Klarinet Archive - Posting 000687.txt from 2000/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart Concerto - Quintet?
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:03:46 -0400

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
> Mozart was indeed a great master, but
> what a <bloody> life he had trying to make a living. The poor sod just did
> not know how to make it work as a profession. He did not have any business
> acumen, and I dare say he spent his money as soon as he earned it. What a
> wasted life. What a waster! Today, we all hold a different view,
mistakenly.
> Had he been alive today in the 21st cent. he would still be asked to
perform
> his music of course, for <so little money> that he <will still die a
pauper
> in the year 2035>, because he would still be the same person, sadly, with
> out the where-with-all how to make it work.

A myth. Mozart was a reasonably successful freelancer. See
http://www.classiccd.co.uk/composers/features/mozart/mozartl.html

Mark C.

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