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Karl Mozart

カール・トーマス・モーツァルト　/　かーる・とーます・もーつぁると

Pianist from Austria

September 21, 1784 – October 31, 1858　・　Vienna, Austria

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My Take

Imagine being Mozart's son and choosing not to chase the impossible legacy. Karl Thomas Mozart, born 1784, did exactly that. He trained in music, dabbled in piano and composition, but largely spent his life as a civil servant in Milan, and never married or had children. I find that quietly moving. The pressure of that surname must have been crushing, and he seems to have made peace with not being a genius. He died in 1858 having outlived the entire myth-making cycle around his father. Sometimes the most dignified move is to step out of the spotlight you were born next to.

Overview

Karl Thomas Mozart (21 September 1784 – 31 October 1858) was an Austrian musician. He was the second son and, along with his brother, one of the two surviving children of Wolfgang and Constanze Mozart. The other was Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Karl Mozart
Name (Japanese): カール・トーマス・モーツァルト
Reading: かーる・とーます・もーつぁると
Born: September 21, 1784 – October 31, 1858
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Dragon
Origin: Vienna, Austria
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: pianist / composer / translator / beamter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88

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