<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">   "Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style>     I certainly wasn't meaning to compare my situation with Mozart's. Actually, a professor of mine ( long ago ) said that Mozart died penniless because every time he got his hands on money, he would waste it. A great musical mind, with absolutely no monetary sense..........     Richard Brekne wrote: <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">According to Peter Schaffer Mozart died a pauper because he was a political and social idiot. The fellow rode into Vienna and took the place by storm... then proceeded to alientate himself from his father, get completly outmanuvered by a few bumbling buearucrates that didnt like his style, and destroyed by a third rate court composer who was jeoulous of his talent and felt cheated by God. But then Petter Schaffer was just a writer... grin  </blockquote> </blockquote> Er.... uh... yea.. that too...grin.   -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>   </body> </html>