“But there is a problem. Mozart did not write this letter. It is a forgery. This was first shown in 1856 by Mozart’s biographer Otto Jahn and has been confirmed by other scholars since. Mozart’s real letters – to his father, to his sister, and to others – reveal his true creative process. He was exceptionally talented, but he did not write by magic.”

“But there is a problem. Mozart did not write this letter. It is a forgery. This was first shown in 1856 by Mozart’s biographer Otto Jahn and has been confirmed by other scholars since. Mozart’s real letters – to his father, to his sister, and to others – reveal his true creative process. He was exceptionally talented, but he did not write by magic.”

— Kevin Ashton