Well, it's very fashionable to believe that Mozart was a poor man and Constanze was a tame wife. Neither of it is true if one reads the numerous biographies.
David, pardon me, but in stead of reading what I really want to say with my posting, you cling to minor things that you may perceive as inexact. So be it, but his doesn't change the main points of my treatment of the subject. I sometimes detect that you want to play the contrarian no matter what. I don't mind, but this guy won't catch on to the bait :-)). John. On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:57:19 -0400 "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11 Oct 2006 at 10:40, John T Sylvanis wrote: > > > Mozart was so famous that he could afford to > > compose only if paid in advance. That Constanze Weber then > promptly > > spent the money is another story :) > > Neither of these assertions has any truth in them at all. > > -- > David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com > David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
