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Old 05-03-2010, 03:31 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I did find this out about Mozart which is pretty 'eccentric'...

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Particularly in his youth, Mozart had a striking fondness for scatological humor, which is preserved in his many surviving letters, notably those written to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart around 1777–1778, but also in his correspondence with his sister Nannerl and his parents. Mozart even wrote scatological music, the canon "Leck mich im Arsch" (literally "Lick me in the arse", sometimes idiomatically translated "Kiss my arse" or "Get stuffed")
I knew it has also been speculated that Mozart may have had tourettes syndrome, as well as a handful of other mental instabilities.

I guess he was quite an eccentric personality. Brilliant composer.
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