All-in-all it is bloody-Annoying! (all the faux-tales..)

Post #385,483 by Ashton 1/19/14 12:45:58 AM 1/19/14 1:00:29 AM Reply	All-in-all it is bloody-Annoying! (all the faux-tales..) that, (especially re any contemporary: well aware of contradictory gossip-duels du jour) it is now 222 years and 44 days after Wolfie's denouement, and we see that Nobody! then had set about to do any basic sleuthing, in a methodical manner--this, even if social/political conditions rendered it risky to publish for a time. Obviously all later generations would want to know as much truthiness as could be collected, given the importance of this one extraordinary composer. But then, seemingly folks of 1791 were as utterly disdainful of 'leavings' for all next generations as are the Me-Me-Me sleepwalkers du jour (hardly-yet much concerned.. even about IF there shall be(?) many 'generations' next.) So we are left with archeological forensics of this or some next technocracy, ever for there to be closure. (Or 'cloture'?) :-/ Good luck even finding the right mass-grave. Maybe though, there is a strand of Wolfgang's hair in a museum artifact not completely scrubbed? Just do DNA on all the remains. I'll contribute a few $USD. (Yes, the anecdote alleged about Ludwig/Salieri at the door must be fabricated--unless.. he possessed/thought he possessed evidence of some smoking scopolamine-HBr ampoule found in Salieri's hash-box.) We have proven to spawn periodically nasty bastards, such that--almost no plot is too dastardly to think possible, And 143 years later: descendants in that area brought us the Nazis. (When I was in Salzburg, near the Mozarteum, heard trumpet practicing. A window at sidewalk level revealed someone playing a keyed (rotary-valve!) trumpet. I was kneeling down chatting; he handed through the window his horn--I tried it out. H. informed me later that I was photographed in that unusual concert-position.) Fun. I wanna Know: WHO's LYING! That's all.. Ed: oTyp Edited by Ashton Jan. 19, 2014, 01:00:29 AM EST Expand All History
Post #385,484 by Andrew Grygus 1/19/14 1:16:49 AM Reply	Umm . . . about that "mass grave". The term was "common grave". That meant it was not where nobles and royalty were buried. Had he taken better care of himself and lived a bit longer he might have rated an upgrade on that. It is true that only the gravediggers were at his graveside. That was proper procedure at the time. Paleo-meteorologists have studied this in great detail, and have shown with great confidence that the wind was blowing very strong that day - similar to our Santa Anas here in Los Angeles. Under those circumstances, especially considering the fancy dress of the time, the funeral party stayed inside where the ceremony was held, and only the gravediggers went out with the casket. All this stuff and a lot more has been covered over the years in the Archeology magazines I subscribe to, and the Smithsonian magazine. Yes, exact cause of death is still uncertain. He had a bunch of stuff going on, any one of which could have killed him, but it was probably several of them - answers are seldom as simple as some might desire.
Post #385,488 by Ashton 1/19/14 5:06:23 AM Reply	Even so, you are better informed than I ..in the sketchy factoids that have been reported (hardly 'documented', alas.) What a bunch of ungrateful bastards!--these contemporaries of such a One. No 'informed' speculation At All? in. the. event? Weird. I guess "you had to be There" {sigh} We hear that the producer of Amadeus 'Loved Mozart'. (Better than indifference, probably--it was no documentary.) But casts no light on what research went into staying nearly? at-all? 'factual' about his end. Looks pretty bleak for any closure: lots of years ... no magically discovered Light cast. Why expect that, then: tomorrow? Pity. ;-/
Post #385,496 by drook 1/19/14 12:03:28 PM Reply	It's it uncouth to quote yourself? I've said this before about Jesus. I'd say it applies to Mozart, too: The most powerful man in the world was assassinated in broad daylight, in front of thousands of witnesses, caught on film, and just 50 years later we can't agree on what happened. Do we really think we're going to prove who did what to whom over two centuries ago? (Substitute "millennia" for Jesus.) -- Drew
Post #385,511 by Ashton 1/19/14 7:22:35 PM Reply	Sadly-so.. but dunnit-still Piss Ya Off? (anyway) s'OK to quote-self: if it's been Certified by the GRR/LRPD Selection Committee.. and maybe a few alternatives, like ... npr Says You! ;^> As to poor J.C.: the Man said some profound things, (even sans the metaphysical) ... some recycled/some original: Then 2K years of the serial-telephone-game got us where we are today. I am patient. I await Wolfgang's Rising from the Grave WITH HIS HARPSICHORD! (in-tune.) (This event would stifle at least a Trillion no-longer-relevant Words, too: Win/Win) ..but I Never SAID AshtoKnoppix, dammit!
Post #385,516 by Andrew Grygus 1/19/14 9:54:14 PM Reply	Harpsichord? Didn't he play the pianoforte? I don't recall a single harpsichord piece by Mozart.
Post #385,520 by Ashton 1/19/14 11:16:03 PM Reply	Didn't he play the pianoforte? ... That, too: https://www.youtube....tch?v=cDjaf8zUOtY http://www.last.fm/m...d+&+K+381+&+K+358 (There's more.) Dunno what his personal pref. was, but as composer he obviously had to know all the instruments, though not play each 'superbly'. (But cannot imagine his harpsichord technique to have been other than virtuoso-grade.) We'll See: When He Comes Back!!!!ONE11

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