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Re: Amadeus and Salieri?
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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:55:44 -0400
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Gerardo Constantini wrote:

>Uhmm.  I listened a different version on it.Anyway at that time was still
>very common to "Latinize" every "Romance name" last or first name with
>"eus" or "ius".  The complete name of Mozart was: Wolfgang Amadi Mozart
>--}Wolfgagng Amadeus Mozart

Besides the usual "Amadeus", I've seen it as "Theophilis" and as
"Gottlieb".  All of course are combinations of roots meaning "love" and
"God".

Walter Meyer

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