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Mozart's physical appearance was described by tenor Michael Kelly, in his Reminiscences: " a remarkably small man, very thin and pale, with a profusion of fine, fair hair of which he was rather vain ".

As his early biographer Niemetschek wrote, " there was nothing special about physique.

[...] He was small and his countenance, except for his large intense eyes, gave no signs of his genius.

" His facial complexion was pitted, a reminder of his childhood case of smallpox.

There is a photofit of Mozart, created from four contemporary portraits.

He loved elegant clothing.

Kelly remembered him at a rehearsal: " was on the stage with his crimson pelisse and gold-laced cocked hat, giving the time of the music to the orchestra.

" Of his voice his wife later wrote that it " was a tenor, rather soft in speaking and delicate in singing, but when anything excited him, or it became necessary to exert it, it was both powerful and energetic ".