Friday, January 27, 2006

Mozart's Birthday!


Mozart and I were born in the same month, but that doesn't make me Mozart! It's his 250th birthday and he has lived a life that speaks for itself - people playing his music all over the world. What a life! Only 35 years and look at the number of things he has composed - not just the number, but the quality! What more can I write - just listen to his songs today and be at peace :)

I want to say "Happy Birthday Mozart, I love you very much". I only wish! 250 years and still going strong. He has lived a much better life after his death. How many millions of people he would have amused with his light but heavy pieces of music :) I owe a significant part of my music appreciation abilities to him. Only he can impress anybody with his music - it is so easy to understand and yet very difficult to analyze and play. They say playing Mozart's piano concertos is very difficult - it would expose any error easily and there is no mechanical way of just playing it. Bringing out the grace is the key - if there ain't no grace, then the pianist is not a good one. I wish he had lived to see the world celebrating him so much. He died as a poor guy - these are some of the "thiruvilayadals" of God I suppose. I sometimes think that God was so selfish that He wanted Mozart to come and compose for Him instead of allowing him to amuse fellow humans :)

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