- by Art Sulit, www.MuSeeks.com/ArthurSulit
Music Timeline Author
A boy genius, his story is well known. See 'Amadeus', the film.
What is not well-known, is how/why he died so early. Perhaps he was poisoned by freemasons after his 'Magic Flute'. Or perhaps he died young in debts, as so many great composers do, because of the stresses of creating great music while the stupid public is unwilling to pay for it. How can any composer create great works, and live a normal lifespan, if everyone is pirating music, even in so-called pious parishes, where illegal photo-copying and pay abuse of liturgical music ministers abounds? It seems no one wants to tithe towards great music ministry and education, and so all they get in terms of society's output is complete sheee-it. Well, you all get what you pay for: 9-11 and worse.
Wagner and Mozart's response would have been: To hell with you then. Put us in debt. Destroy our ministry, destroy our families, destroy our livelihood, kill / cheat / murder us / covet our goods for free. You'll answer to God later.