Mozart’s versatility is unparalleled, even today. Ever wondered what made him the ultimate musical architect, with every phrase perfectly placed and every note seemingly inevitable? Well, an 18-year-old from Philadelphia may have found the answer! Linus Chen-Plotkin analysed more than 600 classical compositions and discovered something that musicologists have debated for centuries but never quite quantified. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s melodies are actually harder to predict than those of any other musician, including Beethoven and Schubert.
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