l can 't think of a time when l didn 't know his name. l was playing games. . . . . . when he was playing music for kings and emperors. Even the pope in Rome. l admit, l was jealous. . . . . . when l heard the tales they told about him. Not of the brilliant little prodigy. . . . . .but of hisfather, who had taught him everything. My father, he did not care for music. When I told him. . . . . . how I wished I could be like Mozart. . . . . .he would say, ''Why? Do you want to be a trained monkey? You 'd like me to drag you around, doing tricks like a circus freak?'' How could I tell him. . . . . .what music meant to me? While my father prayed earnestly to God. . . . . . to protect commerce. . . . . .l would offer up. . . . . .secretly. . . . . . the proudest prayer a boy couldthink of. ''Lord, make me a great composer. Let me celebrate your glory through music. . . . . .and be celebrated myself. Make me famous through the world. Make me immortal. After l die. . . . . .let people speak my name with love for what I wrote. In return. . . . . . I will give you my chastity. . . . . . my industry. . . . . . my deepest humility, every hour of my life. Amen. '' And do you know what happened? A miracle! My life changed forever. I knew God had arranged it all . That was obvious. One minute I was a frustrated boy. . . . . .in an obscure little town. The next I was here. . . . . .in Vienna, city of musicians. . . . . .and Emperor Joseph, the musical king. ln a few years, l was his court composer. lsn 't that incredible? Every night l sat with the emperor of Austria. . . . . .playing duets with him. . . . . . correcting the royal sight-reading. Actually, the man had no ear at all . But what did it matter? He adored my music. Tell me. . . . If you had been me. . . . . .wouldn't you have thought God had accepted your vow? And believe me, I honored it. I was a model of virtue. I kept my hands off women. I worked hours every day teaching students, many for free! Sitting on endless committees to help poor musicians. Work, that was all my life. And it was wonderful . Everybody liked me. I liked myself. Until he came. He came to Vienna to play some of his music. . . . . .at the residence of the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg . Eagerly, l went there to seek him out. That night. . . . . . changed my life. As l wandered through the salon. . . . . .l played a little game with myself. This man had written hisfiirst concerto at the age of 4. . . . . .hisfiirst symphony at 7, a full-scale opera at 12! Did it show? lstalent like that. . . . . . written on the face? Which one of them. . . . . . could he be? Mozart is not here. -Stop it! -I am. -Stop it! -I am stopping it. I am! I' m stopping it. Slowly. There. You see? I've stopped . -Now we' re going back. -No! Yes! You don't know where you are. Here, everything goes backwards. People walk and dance and sing and even talk backwards. -That's stupid . -Why? People fart backwards. Ssa-ym-ssik! Ssa-ym-ssik! Yes, you are. You are very sick. No! Say it backwards, shitwit! Ssa-ym-ssik. Ssik, kiss. Ym, my. Ssa. Kiss my ass. Em-yrram! -I' m not playing ! -Say it, it's serious. It's very serious. Yrram. Marry me. I' m not gonna marry you. You' re a fiend . Uoy-evol-I-tub. Tub. But I . . . . . .love. . . . But I love you? -Tihs-ym-tae. -What? -Eat. -Eat. -Ym, my. -My. Tihs. Eat my shit. You filthy fiend ! You filthy--! My music. They've started without me. That was Mozart! That giggling, dirty creature I'd just seen crawling on the floor. -I think that went well, don't you? -Indeed . The Viennese know good music, don't you think? Certainly. Your Grace. Ah, Mozart. -Why? -Why what, sir? Why do I have to be humiliated in front of my guests. . . . . . by one of my own servants? The more license I allow you, the more you take. If His Grace is not satisfied, he ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Ишь ты, масленица! на английском - текст Кино Лиззи МакГайр на английском - текст Выжившие на английском - текст Остаться в живых (Затерянные) - Сезон 1 на английском - текст Американские граффити на английском |