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To: montag813

Mozart's famous works were composed well after he was 12 years old. Mozart was a prodigy too, but the works we hear today were not the ones he composed prior to his teen years.


26 posted on 11/29/2004 8:44:07 AM PST by MaineRepublic (Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. -- Euripides)
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To: MaineRepublic

Did you see the segment where he took the Beethoven sonata he's been studying with his piano teacher (a concert pianist) and turned it upside down & played it? He mentally transposed the clefs, and played the music upside down & backwards! Didn't sound bad, either! The teacher was properly amazed.


39 posted on 11/29/2004 8:50:32 AM PST by Ike
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To: MaineRepublic

Being a prodigy is helpful, but it does not mean that his compositions will be good. While Mozart was a prodigy, most great composers were not so gifted. They used hard work, re-writes, alcohol, prayer, and research to give the the world their beautiful gifts. Think Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Bach, Handel, Scubert, etc. etc.


46 posted on 11/29/2004 8:55:33 AM PST by pissant
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