Indeed, Leopold has sometimes been criticised for exploiting his son's prodigious talents for money and fame, much like today's stage mums, soccer dads or similar. He encouraged Mozart to pursue his talent from an incredibly young age after, at three, the boy started picking out piano chords and, at five, began improvising minuets at the keyboard. Mozart's father, violinist and composer Leopold, was deputy kapellmeister at the orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzberg and author of the seminal textbook on violin playing of its time, Versuch einer grundlichen Violinschule. Mozart was from a musical family (and his father may have been one of the first stage mums in history).Indeed, letters between the composer and his 19-year-old cousin reveal a sick sense of humour, with one dated Novemincluding a passage in which Mozart writes, "Oui, by the love of my skin, I sh*t on your nose, so it runs down your chin." Later on in the same letter, the young composer reveals: "Oh my ass burns like fire! What is the meaning of this? Maybe muck wants to come out?" Too much information, Wolfgang Amadeus, too much information. Mozart's letters divulge a rather more childish sense of humour than one may expect from a classical music genius. He had an, um, scatological sense of humour.Several of Mozart’s well-known works, including "The Magic Flute K.620" and cantata "Dir Seele des Weltalls, K.429" are inspired by Masonry. Indeed, one of Mozart’s patrons, Joseph von Sonnenfels, was the leader of all of Vienna’s Illuminati by all accounts, and Mozart composed his cantata "Die Maurerfreude (The Mason's Joy) K.471" for an event where friend and fellow Mason Ignaz von Born was honoured by Emperor Joseph II. Mozart was initiated into the Vienna Freemasons in December 1784 and history has him down as mixing with various Masons and members of the Illuminati. Mozart is probably the best known name in classical music, but there might be many things you didn't know about him-here are ten facts about the great composer that might surprise you.
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