The Australian Women's Weekly

Musical chairs

Did Mr and Mrs Mozart and Mr and Mrs Beethoven suffer like us? Did they flee their homes screaming in anguish when Wolfgang and Ludwig were learning to play?

I blame myself entirely. I said the children had to learn at least one instrument or they weren’t allowed to play sport. It was their choice, I didn’t care which instrument it was but it

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