What annoys me most is that these stupid Frenchmen think I am still just seven years old - because that was my age when they first saw me - (...) they treat me here like a beginner - except the musicians; they know better.
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Early Modern

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Letter, likely during his Paris trip

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1778

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Controversial

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