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Mozart and dance
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The Grosse Redoutensaal (Grand Ballroom) of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, where much of Mozart 's dance music was first performed.
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a great deal of dance music. This article covers the types of dances that Mozart wrote, their musical characteristics, and their reception by the public both in Mozart 's day and in modern times. Mozart 's dance compositions relate to a personal trait of this composer: he was himself a great enthusiast for dancing. The article covers Mozart 's training as a dancer, his high level of skill, and the various opportunities he had in his lifetime to go dancing.
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Dance music composed by Mozart
About 200 dances by Mozart are still preserved. The modern edition of the dances as published by the Neue Mozart Ausgabe (see External Links below) runs to about 300 total pages in score. For a complete listing of Mozart 's dances, see this list.
[edit]History
Mozart began writing dances when he was five years old; see Nannerl Notenbuch. In 1768, when Mozart was 12, his father Leopold reported that Wolfgang had composed "many minuets for all types of instrument".[1] Mozart continued to write dance music for various occasions during the Salzburg period of his life (up to 1781).[2]
Following his move to Vienna, the pace of dance music composition increased, as on 7 December 1787 Mozart was appointed Royal and Imperial Chamber Composer for Emperor Joseph II. This post, though largely a sinecure,[3] had as its main duty the composition of dances for the balls held in the Redoutensälen (public ballrooms) of the Imperial Palace. Mozart complied with this requirement scrupulously, composing dances in great number.[1] He generally wrote dances each year between late December and early March;[4] this reflected the scheduling of the imperial balls,
Mozart and dance
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grosse Redoutensaal (Grand Ballroom) of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, where much of Mozart 's dance music was first performed.
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a great deal of dance music. This article covers the types of dances that Mozart wrote, their musical characteristics, and their reception by the public both in Mozart 's day and in modern times. Mozart 's dance compositions relate to a personal trait of this composer: he was himself a great enthusiast for dancing. The article covers Mozart 's training as a dancer, his high level of skill, and the various opportunities he had in his lifetime to go dancing.
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Dance music composed by Mozart
About 200 dances by Mozart are still preserved. The modern edition of the dances as published by the Neue Mozart Ausgabe (see External Links below) runs to about 300 total pages in score. For a complete listing of Mozart 's dances, see this list.
[edit]History
Mozart began writing dances when he was five years old; see Nannerl Notenbuch. In 1768, when Mozart was 12, his father Leopold reported that Wolfgang had composed "many minuets for all types of instrument".[1] Mozart continued to write dance music for various occasions during the Salzburg period of his life (up to 1781).[2]
Following his move to Vienna, the pace of dance music composition increased, as on 7 December 1787 Mozart was appointed Royal and Imperial Chamber Composer for Emperor Joseph II. This post, though largely a sinecure,[3] had as its main duty the composition of dances for the balls held in the Redoutensälen (public ballrooms) of the Imperial Palace. Mozart complied with this requirement scrupulously, composing dances in great number.[1] He generally wrote dances each year between late December and early March;[4] this reflected the scheduling of the imperial balls,
References: 1. ^ Craine, Debra, and Judith Mackrell. Oxford Dictionary of Dance. 2nd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Print. p 238 2 3. ^ a b Barnes, Clive. “Who’s Jazzy Now?” Dance Magazine. Aug. 2000: 90. Web 4 5. ^ Hayes, Hannah. “Educators Make a Case for Keeping the History Alive in the Studio.” Dance Teacher. Sep. 2009: 58. Web. 8. ^ Stearns, Jean. "Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance". Da Capo Press. 1994. pg 1-2 9 10. ^ Darling, Matthew, Steven Gilbert, Bradley Hufft, and Craig VonBerg. Listen to the Music: Styles, Trends, and Influences in American Pop. 16th ed. Fresno: Kennel Copy Center, 2010. Print. [edit]Bibliography * Eliane Seguin, Histoire de la danse jazz, 2003, Editions CHIRON, ISBN 978-2-7027-0782-1, 281 pp * Jennifer Dunning, Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance, 1998, Da Capo Press, ISBN 978-0-306-80825-8, 468 pp * A * Margot L. Torbert, Teaching Dance Jazz, Margot Torbert, 2000, ISBN 978-0-9764071-0-2 * Robert Cohan, The Dance Workshop, Gaia Books Ltd, 1989, ISBN 978-0-04-790010-5