Here are a few of those notes:
- Born: 17th January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Father: Leopold Mozart, an intelligent, ambitious man who's always used his knowledge of music to get ahead. Wolfgang and Nannerl were the only two of Leopold's seven children who survived.
- By the age of four, Mozart required only 30 min. - 1 hour to learn a piece of music. By age five, he was composing short pieces.
- In 1769, letter (in Latin) to his sister: "I should like to know the reason why indolence is so highly prized by very many young men, that neither by words nor blows will they suffer themselves to be roused from it."
- At the very least, he knows Latin and Italian (and, I presume, German). Very knowledgeable about opera and singing, as well.
- Apparently fond of a poet named Herr Gellert (though I believe "Herr" might be a title, not a first name.)
- August 1771: "I don't like to sleep after eating."
- 1777: he gets up at 8:30 in the morning, spends the entire morning composing/writing, then afternoons giving lessons to various individuals, and then after supper he converses with his students or reads a book.
- He always refers to his mother as "mamma," even in 1777 when he is almost 20 years old.
- Seems to be very honest and good-natured; in a letter to his cousin, he rhymes the entire thing.
This is a somewhat short list, but rather specific. And it sort of makes me rethink making him the bad guy in my Nano draft; it's easy to see why no one touches him in regular fiction. But I still want to make him a bad guy, even if it's just because he's too good-humored for me. I think I've settled on making a Bad Guy By Neglect.
Perhaps one day I'll manage to organize and edit this Nano draft into a proper novel. And while he might not figure quite so large a role as the villain, he might still make a great source for tension, busy as he is with all that opera-writing.
Have a blessed day. :)
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