Greatness and Gratitude

A few words from a sometimes noisy guest

Here I am today to receive a very special treat.  Madame Adelaidezone has baked me a birthday-baptismal cake.  I know that I am expected tomorrow in Mr Twitter's Coffee House for the #LvBChat, though I am sure the persons planning to be there often believe me to be amongst them in spirit, especially through my music.

If you are not all that familiar with classical music, Madame Adelaidezone suggests learning something about my own life and compositions first and then working forwards and backwards through history.  Mr Mozart's work may be the epitome of excellence, but mine is the epitome of originality and individuality.

Mr Fritz Wunderlich has been singing one of my tunes to the other guests here.  Are you aware that the aforementioned tune is called Adelaide or Adelaïde?  I wrote the music for it a short while before this very nice portrait of me was painted by Mr Carl Traugott Riedel.


I am sure the original poet of Adelaïde, Mr Friedrich von Matthisson, would agree with me that Madame Adelaidezone and her cakes are always worthy of praise, as does Mr Wunderlich.  Here is the latter gentleman again, this time with one of Mr Mozart's tunes.


You may like to know that Madame Adelaidezone kindly mentioned me in some of her earlier blog-pamphlet postings:


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How do you recognise greatness and express gratitude?