Every January 27th I think with fondess and awe of that expert billiards player, tippler, and all-around bon vivant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, known to his fans as WAM, or just "The Greatest." Because it's his birthday, you see. He'd be 255 this year. Too bad he never made it past just-under-36. It's almost frightening to think what he could have done, had he been granted the Biblical three score and ten. Oh, well. We'll just have to content ourselves with 41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, the Requiem, the Clarinet Concerto, The Marriage of Figaro, the Exultate Jubilate, Cosi Fan Tutte, etc., etc. Here's a snippet of one of my faves, the Piano Concerto No. 27.