Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is often referred to as the greatest musical genius of all time in Western musical tradition. His creative method was extraordinary: his writings show that he almost always wrote a complete composition mentally before finally writing it on paper. Mozart created 600 works in his short life of 35 years. His works included 16 operas‚ 41 symphonies‚ 27 piano concerti‚ and 5 violin concerti‚ 25 string quartets‚ and 19 masses. Mozart was born on Jan. 27‚ 1756‚ in Salzburg‚ Austria
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The speaker today is Kevin Garrett‚ a Christian Businessman and Entrepreneur and the President for the development of Cold Stone Creameries all around America. This lecture is about failure‚ and learning to succeed in the midst of failure. Mr. Garrett states that failure is required to achieve success‚ and I like that he talks about this‚ because there is a lot of failure that happens throughout life. All people fail‚ but only those who stand up courageously after failure can truly succeed in life
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element of an admissions application at selective colleges such as John Hopkins. In Joanna’s application essay “String Theory”‚ she uses time and metaphor to demonstrate how accomplishing something as simple as tying a cake box can provide her with the confidence and tenacity she needs to excel in all aspects of life. String theory is the idea that the entire world is made up of strings. Joanna compares this idea to the struggle of learning to tie cake boxes. When Joanna was hired at her local bakery
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attend a concert program of Wolfgang Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in G minor. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an exceptionally talented and influential music composer during the Classical Era. Mozart was so talented at composing music that he began performing pieces in front of European aristocracy at just age 5! He also composed his first symphony at the age of 9. This level of talent is one of the primary reasons I chose to attend a Mozart performance. Furthermore‚ Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 represents the
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Side Notes: Helpful Hints: • I came up with a killer Mozart-style arrangement involving several songs by modern artists. But I ran into a roadblock with getting permissions. So I decided to do variations on a theme by making my arrangement an original tune. • Learn the hardest parts first with the correct fingering. Instead of using a slower tempo to practice longer sections‚ try using the actual tempo to practice overlapping shorts sections (as small as 2 notes...hands alone if needed). • For
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The Classical Spirit as portrayed in Amadeus The Classical period of music was from 1750-1825. Mozart played a huge role as a great composer in this time. He took on new challenges and different possibilities for music in this era. Classicism of music did not mean that it was strictly traditional. A lot of composers‚ including Mozart experimented with different materials. He also used a lot of romantic elements in his music. The classical style is based off symmetry of four-bar phrases and usually
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Mozart and Salieri Amadeus versus Actuality Amadeus (1984) won eight Academy Awards with its highly fictionalized account of the last ten years of the life of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie chooses to highlight the comparison between mediocrity and brilliancy; Mozart was obviously the superior of the two composers‚ and Salieri despised his own shortcomings. But as much Salieri was disgusted with himself‚ he was even more furious with Mozart. He vows to himself
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STYLE OF MOZART Mozart exemplified the Viennese Classical styles of elegance‚ balance‚ and sophistication. Through this he exemplified and expanded all Classical styles‚ such as the sonata form and the double-exposition sonata (which gave the solo-ist new material). He was able to be counterpuntal yet homorhythmic at the same time. He frequently used symmetry in his phrasing‚ like four-measure phrases‚ for example. He composed both diatonically and chromatically. He expanded the use of wind instruments
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Andante Menuetto: Allegretto Allegro assai Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Year and place of birth: January 27‚ 1756 in Salzburg‚ Austria Year and place of death: December 5‚ 1791‚ in Vienna‚ Austria Composer is best known for: Mozart is known for many things‚ of which include piano pieces‚ as well as operas. I will be performing in one this winter‚ The Magic FluteJ He was one of the
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart is truly the most remarkable composer who ever lived. He composed in the classical style and there is no other composer to fairly compare him to. Although he died at the age of 35‚ he left the world with more than 600 of the most amazing compositions ever written. Throughout his life‚ he composed with an ease of melody and a blend of grace and precision that arguable no one has ever excelled (Duiker 478). He was an amazing musician and composer whose legend continues
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