fanlisting;

a fanlisting, ironically enough, is just what its name implies, a listing of fans for a given topic. the concept of fanlistings is the brainchild of one person, janine. there is only one approved fanlisting per subject and all the approved fanlists make up an immense database at thefanlistings.org, which is manned by some 41 volunteers.
this particular fanlisting is for wolfgang amadeus mozart, often considered the greatest composer of western music.

this is about to become the longest about page in history.

why;

i have been wanting to make this little site since for months. back many moons ago, i wondered if there was a fanlisting for mozart. there wasn't but there was one on the upcoming list. blast i said, but oh well. a month or so passed. it went on the troubles list. another month... or so... passed. it was removed, gasp! said i. maybe i could make one! - but no. the applications for the musician section of tf.org seemed to be on permanent hiatus! months went by, finally applications opened for a day, but shut down the next and somewhere in that time someone else applied for the mozart listing. luckily (i suppose you could say), that site never went through, because a month or two later, i noticed the musician section was open and running but with no mozart listing still! so finally, i applied and was approved.
hooray!
i fought so hard to get approval because i love mozart. has anyone ever been so influential? anyone who has sung, "twinkle, twinkle, little star" knows what i am talking about. his music is full of vitality and delight. to me, a musical moron, all his works seems to... sparkle, for lack of a better word. it fills me so much, it moves me to tears more than half the time.

mozart;

oh, i should be brief here for i will not do such a section justice (message from the future: ho, ho, the famous last words), if you need more, take a look, it's in a book, reading rainbow. who is mozart? you ask. why are you here? i ask. ho ho. born january 27, 1756 as joannes chrysostomus wolfgangus theophilus mozart to leopold mozart and anna marie pertl, mozart was one of two surviving children of the seven his parents had together. mozart also had a sister, maria-anna "nannerl."
mozart was educated by his father, who was a talented violinist, author, composer and concertmaster of the orchestra in the court of the archbishop of salzburg.
mozart was a child prodigy, reputedly beginning to play instruments, beginning with the clavier, at age three. by age four he had begun to compose small musical pieces, by age six he was accomplished on the clavier, organ and violin as well as being highly skilled in sight-reading and musical improvisation. it was during this time, in 1762, when leopold mozart started to tour with his young son (and occasionally, his daughter who also was a talented musician). by age seven mozart had written his first symphony and by 11 he had already written a sacred play. at 13, mozart was appointed the position of concertmaster to the archbishop of salzburg and one year later, at age 14, mozart composed his first serious opera, which firmly established his all ready phenomenal reputation.
and let us think about what i was doing when i was 14.
never mind. let's not.
you can still rent mozart's first opera from your public library.
despite his prolific output and the respect of such famous artists as, haydn (who became very much a father figure to the budding genius), mozart's career was not always on the up and up. often suffering neglect from aristocrats, in 1781, mozart resigned from his position in the archbishop's court and journeyed to vienna where he hoped to build a career for himself based on commissioned work. while in vienna, in 1782, he married constanze weber, the sister of a former flame, who'd prove to be the love of his life (even if he was a bit of philanderer at times). the couple had a number of children, but only two sons survived, karl and franz. leopold mozart was not happy with his son's marriage.
in 1787, leopold mozart died and his own son's condition began to decline, constant poverty and illness plagued mozart until his death. by 1790 he was deep into debt, but kept working. in 1791 mozart compleated his final opera, "die zauberflöte" (the magic flute) and was at the same time commissioned by a stranger (later proven to be an eccentric count) to write a requiem mass. the requiem, however, is never finished and december 5, at age 35, mozart succumbs to a hideous (and undetermined) illness and dies in his bed.
mozart's mysterious death lent itself to rumor, the most popular of which being he was poisoned, which of course, gave raise to the "amadeus" tale (in which a fellow composer, antonio salieri, caused the death of mozart). having an enormous volume of work, some 600 various pieces, mozart is considered one of the greatest musical geniuses this world has ever seen.
and ain't it the truth?

layout;

this layout features an image, gleaned from my own old cd archive o' random downloaded material, from the fine and wonderful film, "amadeus" wherein a young tom hulce plays mozart. my thoughts when starting this layout were something along the lines of, "let's make this a light layout!" and since everything always happens just i want and plan them to, what is the end result? a dark layout. it reminds me of a suitcase! stinking photoshop, always sneaking up on me.

name;

the name refers to the lacrimosa segment of the requiem mass, which would prove to be the last notes mozart ever composed on paper. i thought of other names when conjuring this site, such as, "prodigy" which could have been nice and even entertained the idea of going really random and calling it something like, "shazam!" but the word, "lacrimosa" seemed much more apropos.
the phrase "lacrimosa" comes from the word lacrimoso, meaning tearful, a term used to apply to a movement that which is mournful.
the lacrimosa movement from the requiem is as follows:

lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla
judicandus homo reus.
huic ergo parce, deus,
pie jesu domine,
dona eis requiem. amen.

or in english:

that day of tears and mourning,
when from the ashes shall arise,
all humanity to be judged.
spare us by your mercy, lord,
gentle lord jesus,
grant them eternal rest. amen.

end;

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