Today is the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. So I’m curious: does that strike you as “wow, he’s old”, or as “Wow, he’s not very old”? I’m in the latter camp, myself. It’s amazing to me that he was writing during the American Revolution, which seems relatively recent to me from a world history perspective. It’s also amazing to me that he only pre-dated Jane Austen by a few decades.
I just got the urge to go rent Amadeus.
Oh and for you google fanatics they of course made a logo for the ocasion, stop by to see it. (ps. I also fall into the “Wow, he’s not very old” department)