But why? Why would God choose an obscene child to be His instrument? It was not to be believed! This piece had to be an accident. It had to be!... It better be!
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Keep it Majesty, if you want. It's already here in my head.Emperor Joseph II: What? On one hearing only?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I think so, Sire, yes.Emperor Joseph II: Show us.
Mozart! Mozart, forgive your assassin! I confess, I killed you...
While my father prayed earnestly to God to protect commerce, I would offer up secretly the proudest prayer a boy could think of: "Lord, make me a great composer. Let me celebrate Your glory through music and be celebrated myself. Make me famous through the world, dear God. Make me immortal. After I die, let people speak my name forever with love for what I wrote. In return, I will give You my chastity, my industry, my deepest humility, every hour of my life, Amen." And do you know what happened? A miracle!
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