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Article: VIENNA HUMS A MOZARTIAN THEME THIS YEAR
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2006
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VIENNA - It may seem unusual in the 21st century to bump into
Mozart, but in the center of this city, Mozarts seem to pop up
everywhere you look.
Of course, Mozart was Vienna's most famous resident, along with
some emperors, dukes, and princesses, but I didn't see anyone dressed
up like an emperor, duke, or princess. Only Mozarts, right, left, and
center; old and young; male and female. There was a statue of Mozart
in the Burggarten park, and dotted throughout the city, a chain of
tourist shops called Mostly Mozart. Clearly, the Viennese have their
champion.
And who can blame them? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) was one
of history's most colorful musical geniuses, and Vienna is ...