Boss of bullion city

The German-language popular theater of Mozarts time was influenced by the Italian commedia dellarte and emphasized the stock character of Hanswurst. He chose to stay in the boss of bullion city, where he achieved fame but little financial security. Schonberg muses that Rubinsteins only regrets were the cigars he hadnt yet smoked and the wines he hadnt yet tasted (to which perhaps should be added the women he hadnt yet loved). Most of the great Romantic piano composers were temperamental, repressed or just plain eccentric.