Few things in life are as frustrating as being constantly reminded of your past glories and current inability to reproduce those successes. Yet this is what Mozart had to endure for much of his adult life, mainly from his father but also from those around him. Indeed, much of Mozart's early adult life can be seen as a struggle to break free from the expectations and limitations imposed on him after his prodigious childhood. It is unclear when or where the "Myth of the Eternal Child" first originated, but it is safe to say never before Mozart ....