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Editor says, what if Mozart had been off his game at Versailles? muses Robbie Taylor. Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the January 2013 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1764, the child prodigy Wolfgang Mozart performed for the Royal Family of King Louis XV in Versailles, France.
Mozart Off-keyAlthough the boy did his best, he was distracted by the sumptuous surroundings and did not please Louis. Discouraged, the boy's father gave up on his dreams of making the boy Europe's foremost musician.
Mozart went into mathematics after being given his choice of direction in his life, and published many important papers during the early 19th century.
Entry posted by Alternate Historian Robbie Taylor
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~ Of course, his personality might not have been a bad thing for mathematics, too. He could have added some real spice.
~ He might also have avoided dying in poverty and being buried in a pauper's grave.
~ Might've made a great physicist, too. There were a lot of exciting things happening in science.
~ Interesting--and it reminds me of my own post in the opposite direction about Einstein becoming a professional violinist.
~ And then would Salieri have been the great musician everybody remembered? ISTR that Mozart influenced a lot of later music.
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