Aaron Rabushka wrote:

>Actually, Jon, now that you mention it, Mozart and Pettersson are probably
>more politically similar that I had thought.  Both favored working class
>heros (look how many Mozart operatic heros are servants) over upper class
>domination.

Well, as I hear it, Mozart's political views are a debatable topic, but
I don't know enough about it to enter into the dispute.  In any case, his
image among the public is, if anything, that of a loveable rascal who died
tragically young and impoverished (especially since the appearance of
"Amadeus"), whereas Pettersson, if any member of the public cared enough
to look into his personal life, would not appear so loveable.

For the record, I must say that I personally admire him tremendously for
his political orientation but even more for the great courage with which
he lived through his childhood and his illness, and battled the musical
establishment of his time and place without flagging.

Jon Johanning // [log in to unmask]