theme and variations

This morning I read through a Mozart Sonata but can't remember
which one.  As I tried to figure that out I noticed the KV 284 in
DM - which includes a T & V.

Mozart is so cool and when I play Mozart I always think of
Thomas Jefferson - go figure.  But Mozart - he was smart and
some go so far as to say he was a Genius. : )  And the thing is
Mozart always comes up with little surprises in his music.

Mozart's T & V brought to my mind Beethoven's Six Variations -
Nel cor piu non mi sento which literally translated means 'in my
heart I feel no more' and I'm thinking no more what?  Six Variations
was written in 1795.

There is no comparion between the two T & V - but of Beethoven's
I like the 6th Variation the best - and it has a crossover.  Crossovers
are hard for me but I force myself to work through them because
I figure they are good for the mind.  And wouldn'tcha know there is
a crossover in  Mozart's Variation VI.  Great minds do think alike.
To tell the Truth - I can't wait to fool around with  Mozart's T & V -
but I'll have to wait until my pointer finger on my left hand heals.
I had a really bad abscess on it and I was scared to go to the doctor
yesterday but today it got a lot worse and I even considered doing it
myself like Tom Hanks did with the ice skate in Cast Away.  You
can't even imagine how really nasty it looked - like something out
of a sci-fi movie and I honestly thought I might lose the top joint
of my finger and then where would I be I could still blog and paint
but playing the piano would never be the same. The doctor was real
nice about it and I'll be ok but I can't play Mozart's T & V until it heals.

I may dump Beethoven for Mozart - but I'll always go back to
Beethoven because of his Inherent Passion and his High Moral
Standards.