July 26 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (The Musical Birthday Series)

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (26 July 1791 – 29 July 1844) was W. A. Mozart's youngest son, born a few months before his father's death.
NB. It will be apparent that the final rhyme hinges on a Anglo pronunciation of his name, for which I apologize. 

Father Figure

Imagine you were Mozart’s son,

And then imagine, just for fun,

That fate had cast your lot so you

Should live as a composer too.

Would your father’s DNA

Haunt you ‘til your dying day?

Would you, when a little lad,

Wish you had a different dad?

(Would you find it slightly scary 

That your teacher was Salieri?)

Envoi

Circumstances didn’t favor

Mental health for young Franz Xaver.

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