Interestingly, in contemporary German we tend to say "am Arsch" instead of "im Arsch". Mozart's version seems even more offensive, referring more to the inside than the outside of said body part.

Mozart's great compositions such as Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, the piano concertos and choral works send me off into an eatherial world that only another devotee would understand. I put them amongst the greatest works of Western art of all time.

With that in mind I don't hold Mozart god-like on a pedestal as many do. I see him as an ordinary guy with one supreme talent. The fact that we still have instances of Mozart's profane utterings is a reminder to me that in many respects he's down at my level of thinking -- and thus human like the rest of us. For that reason I'm truly glad that we've not sanitized these particular works and sayings of his from history.

The great Swiss theologian Karl Barth was reputed to have said of Mozart that "God overdid the goodness essence when he created Mozart".

My take on that would be to exchange 'goodness' for 'talent'. I'd add a rider to that however and that's that Mozart is widely and lovingly remembered for the sheer joy that his music has brought to millions of music lovers over the past 23 decades since his death. If that translates into 'goodness essence' then so be it.

It's easy get into thinking that old historical figures were always dignified and proper and people today are foul and uncivilized.

Martin Luther is another example of the opposite. He constantly attacked and insulted his opponents. https://ergofabulous.org/luther/insult-list.php

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You arch-assassin and bloodhound, the like of which has never been seen under the sun.

Doctor Sow.

You vulgar boor, blockhead, and lout, you ass to cap all asses, screaming your heehaws.

You are admirable, fine, pious sows and asses.

You are like mouse-dropping in the pepper.

Listen, you ass, you are a particularly crass ass, indeed, you are a filthy sow!

The really interesting page I think is the related page “Mozart and scatology”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology

I remember there was another post a while ago discussing Einstein’s racist (certainly so by modern standards) world outlook. The simple thing to realize is of course that all the so-called “great” people are also flesh-and-bone human beings with their flaws (at least judging by the mainstream morals of a particular era). The personalities of any one single human being are always complex and multi-faceted. The way Thatcher said “he couldn’t have been like that since he wrote great, refined music” is a perfect example of the denial and the (conservative) deification of people that the mainstream has deemed to have to be “immaculate”. I mean you can somehow create religious and literary figures to such effect, but if anybody seriously believes that an actual human being would be literally “god-like” in character, they have some serious reckoning with the reality to do. Fortunately most people in the modern era seem to get this, and modern art productions are also depicting characters in mostly realistic lights.

The music in case you're curious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C78HBp-Youk

I thought this was German for “looks like I’m Arch” which roughly translates to the English “I use arch btw”

How much we enjoyed singing that song in school music classes. And the teachers couldn't even say something, it's Mozart and therefore culture.

That sounds like the Music on hold when i call my IT Support!