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True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligble that audiences like it simply because no sane person could understand it.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Age: 35 †
Born: 1756
Born: January 27
Died: 1791
Died: December 5
Composer
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Organist
Pianist
Violinist
Mozart
Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Amadeus Mozart
W. A. Mozart
Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Chrisostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart
V. A. Mocartas
Volphnkank Amedaios Motsart
Apollo Mozzart
Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart
Mozhate
Johann Chrysostomos Wolfgang Go
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