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Richard Todd writes:
>The crudeness that Amadeaus pins on Mozart is based on some dubious
>extrapolations from private letters that he wrote to some of his intimates.
>As far as I've been able to determine, there is no reliable evidence that
>he ever publicly used inappropriate language, that he was ever drunk at a
>musical performance or that he was particularly gauche socially. A little
>outspoken at time, yes, but nothing like Tom Hulce. Still, I kinda like
>the movie.
Mozart liked riddles and a play on words, both crude and ordinary as his
letters show. Hulce does that in the movie, some more accuracy! I seem
to have learned somewhere that Bernstein also liked riddles and word games.
Was he aping Mozart, chance, or a characteristic shared amongst those with
extraordinary musical talent? (Don't think I put Lenny and Wolfie in the
same league.)
Norman
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