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Even though we now live in an age surrounded by services like HughesNet Satellite Internet and the like where a wealth of information is constantly at our fingertips, it’s still remarkably difficult to track down any real substantial evidence surrounding the rumors about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. What rumors? Specifically, the rumors about his supposed bouts with Tourette syndrome.

While stereotypically portrayed as a bit of an eccentric in film, one could hardly consider Mozart a normal person. Of course, what is considered normal, these days and, frankly, how many geniuses, musical or otherwise, were truly without their flaws? Despite the general consensus there has been little presented in the way of concrete evidence to really prove that Mozart had or even dealt with Tourette syndrome. And while he was prone to bouts of frustration, alleged claims of involuntary verbal and motor tics were, for the most part insubstantial in all of the major publications that claimed Tourette’s.

In the end, we may never know if the rumors were true regarding Mozart and his alleged struggle with Tourette’s. For the most part, we can only really speculate on the matter but we should never let the mystery of his supposed disorder overshadow the genius of his work.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a pop culture celebrity long before there was pop culture. Like Michael Jackson long afterwards, Mozart was the consummate child star. He burned brightly and died young, at the age of only 35.

Mozart’s childhood was stolen from him by an exacting father who served as his manager and booked Mozart on exhausting performance tours spanning all of 18th century Europe’s greatest cities and Read the rest of this entry »

If Mozart had been a painter rather than a musician, his genius would have expressed itself in breathtaking mountain vistas and majestic rolling rivers. Both his birthplace and his adopted hometown are nestled in the Northern Limestone Alps and nourished by its streams.

Salzburg on the River Salazach is built on seven hills. Gaisberg, “the balcony of Salzburg”, overlooks the city and Wallersee Lake, while Festungsberg is the site of the famous Hohensalzburg Castle. The tranquility of Read the rest of this entry »

The word genius gets tossed around a lot. Some people think that it even gets tossed around a little bit too much. So often people are referred to as a musical genius when that may not be the case at all because people are always trying to discover the next great thing. The word genius definitely applied to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was a child prodigy and a prolific composer throughout his musical career.

Mozart was born in the late 1756 in what in Austria. He was a musical prodigy almost from the beginning. He started Read the rest of this entry »

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart certainly falls in the modern-day Top-40 list of classical favorites and with good reason. During his short lifetime, he composed over 600 works. Having died in 1791 at the age of 35, he had been composing for about 30 years. His earliest compositions were at the tender age of five years old.

His three most popular works are:

Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G Major (K. 525), also know is “Eine Kleine Nachtmusic”. This is arguably Mozart’s most recognizable work. Composed in Vienna in 1787, its German name Read the rest of this entry »

If there was a list of legendary composers, Mozart would be at the top. By the time of his death at age 35, he had written a number of symphonies, concertos, sonatas and operas. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart did not wait until he was an adult to begin his career; in fact he began at a very young age.

Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756 to Leopold and Maria Anna Mozart. He was their seventh child, but only Mozart and his older sister survived past infancy. Since Read the rest of this entry »