Although Mozart never secured a professional musical appointment that was the sole support of himself and his family, he certainly did not go unnoticed. Even during his lifetime, Mozart set the standard for musical Europe. Bonn court organist Christian Gottlob Neefe knew this. In a notice he published in a Hamburg musical newspaper in March of 1783, and that has been reprinted in musicologist Maynard Solomon's Beethoven and elsewhere, he capitalized on Mozartâs well-known musical gifts to promote one of his own students.  "This healthy young man deserves support to enable him to travel," Neefe wrote.  "He would be sure to become a second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart if he progressed as he has begun." In case youâre wondering, Neefe's student was the 12-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven.
Jennifer Hambrick unites her extensive backgrounds in the arts and media and her deep roots in Columbus to bring inspiring music to central Ohio as Classical 101’s midday host. Jennifer performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before earning a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.