LONDON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A TV documentary in Britain suggests Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart suffered from Tourette's Syndrome disorder, the BBC reported Monday.
British composer James McConnel, who also suffers the condition, said the clues can be found in letters written by Mozart, as well as his music.
McConnel said Mozart's fascination with wordplay and obsession with clocks, shoe sizes and gadgets, as well as his documented twitching, all point to him being a Tourette Syndrome sufferer.
"Tourette's is a constant battle between chaos and control, having a compulsion and trying to control it, and that translates into music," he said. "Mozart let his music run off in chaotic directions, but then always brought it back under control."
However, McConnel said even if Mozart had the condition, it was not the root source of his musical talent.
