Yehudi Menuhin and Sarah Chang I grant you, but Mozart didn't handle stardom well - he died a pauper at the age of 35 after a somewhat chaotic lifestyle not entirely dissimilar to that of Michael Jackson.
-----Original Message----- From: "Shane Mage" [[email protected]] Date: 06/26/2009 11:54 AM To: "Progressive Economics" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and the perils of success On Jun 26, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Jim Devine wrote: Great article! I think it's quite common for working-class (or even middle-class) musicians to fall apart after they are catapulted to stardom. One of the spectacular differences between "classical" and "pop" musicians. Mozart and Menuhin and Sarah Chang were "catapulted to stardom" at even younger ages than MJ (let alone EP). Shane Mage This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, kindling in measures and going out in measures." Herakleitos of Ephesos _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
