http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/ Stimulating thoughts and ideas from a top business coach and mentor Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-29 jeorme thircuir Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:06:15 +0000 http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-29 presumably something to do with music, or at least songs. i expect she might have started to play a few notes on the piano, possibly badly to provoke him presumably something to do with music, or at least songs. i expect she might have started to play a few notes on the piano, possibly badly to provoke him

]]> http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-30 chris Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:18:04 +0000 http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-30 I don't know but Beethoven's housekeeper discovered the only way to get the genius out of bed was to play a scale on the piano and deliberately leave out the last note - Beethoven couldn't bare the torture of hearing an incomplete octave and would have to get up and play the missing note. I don’t know but Beethoven’s housekeeper discovered the only way to get the genius out of bed was to play a scale on the piano and deliberately leave out the last note - Beethoven couldn’t bare the torture of hearing an incomplete octave and would have to get up and play the missing note.

]]> http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-116 Trev Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:02:18 +0000 http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-116 I seem to remember it was something like she played only half a tune on the piano which frustrated him so much that he would get up and finish it? I seem to remember it was something like she played only half a tune on the piano which frustrated him so much that he would get up and finish it?

]]> http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-141 Claudia Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:32:48 +0000 http://www.chriskaday.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/how-did-mozart%e2%80%99s-mum-get-him-out-of-bed/#comment-141 "To get him out of bed, Mozart's mother would play an unresolved cadence." How fantastic is that?Compelled to finish the composition he races to the piano... “To get him out of bed, Mozart’s mother would play an unresolved cadence.” How fantastic is that?Compelled to finish the composition he races to the piano…

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