Star joined the family in the middle of the marriage, during the most musically productive, prosperous, and engaging years of Mozart’s life. He might have been the smallest member of the household and is barely mentioned in most biographies, if he makes it in at all, but the starling is never far from the center of Mozart’s unfolding story. Any Mozart historian would give an arm for this bird’s-eye view of these years. Star’s vocal acrobatics accompanied the composition of at least eight piano concertos, three symphonies, and The Marriage of Figaro.
“Star joined the family in the middle of the marriage, during the most musically productive, prosperous, and engaging years of Mozart’s life. He might have been the smallest member of the household and is barely mentioned in most biographies, if he makes it in at all, but the starling is never far from the center of Mozart’s unfolding story. Any Mozart historian would give an arm for this bird’s-eye view of these years. Star’s vocal acrobatics accompanied the composition of at least eight piano concertos, three symphonies, and The Marriage of Figaro.”
