Sleeping Muse and Falling Rocket

 Reading the Wikipedia article on Wim Wender's Wings of Desire, I found a reference to an article published in The German Quarterly by Paul Rea. Tracked it down. Sure enough! University of Northern Colorado's own!

 I've long been fascinated by Alma Mahler, but I somehow missed the heart-breaking story of her daughter, Manon Gropius. Dying at age eighteen, Manon inspired both Alban Berg's violin concerto and her step-father Franz Werfel's novel The Song of Bernadette, later adapted as a film starring Jennifer Jones.

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When Mozart died Saint Peter welcomed him in Heaven and took him to meet God. As they slowly made their way Mozart was thrilled to hear the heavenly sounds of what he thought was the most beautiful music one could imagine. It was Heaven's choir and orchestra. Thinking this he met the Lord and the Lord said unto him: "Oh Mozart! I am very pleased you're here. You will be in charge of the ensemble." And Mozart, a little bit confused, responded: "I would be most honored, oh Lord. But... Do I deserve such a position? I mean, isn't Bach around somewhere?" And God looked at him calmly and said: "I'm Bach."