This is so awesome, I had to post it. So, this picture was taken on the lower level parking lot of the Lucky Bldg. on the UW Madison campus. Instead of George Washington’s face showing up on their images of money, it was Mozart’s?! HAHAHA! Several people were laughing while I was taking these . . . → Read More: Mozart on the Dollar Bill? Spotted!

Today, the wonderful genius of music history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, turns 255. Wow! I know, I know… I’m in love with a guy that’s been dead for centuries. But I’m sure there are other weirdos that can back up my obsession, right? Long Live Motzie!!!

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Okay, this is too fun of a story to pass up. Apparently, Katharina Wagner, the great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner thought it would be a great idea to “spice up” the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

And, oh, did she make it interesting.

The opera was modernized by having an arts league, with theater designs . . . → Read More: Rowdy Crowd at the Annual Bayreuth Festival!

A single manuscript page of a Mozart Mass was found in Nantes, France. The score did not bear Mozart’s signature, but Ulrich Leisinger, head of research at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria, said Thursday that there is no doubt this was written by him, as he had a very characteristic writing style.

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