Heather writes: "He [Mozart] wrote to his father saying he wanted his
children brought up on water[apparently he meant gruel, or bread in
water/beer, not literally just water], as his parents did for him and his
sibs (he and his sister were the only surviving children among seven
siblings)."

Well, I say disrespectfully, his parents didn't have a great record on that
front, since Wolfgang Amadeus only made it to 35. His sister seems to have
outdone them all, dying at 78. Not exactly a convincing argument for the
gruel route.

Rachel Myr, feeling grumpy in Kristiansand, Norway

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