Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ born on January 27th‚ 1756‚ was a gifted composer and musician. He’s considered one of the best‚ if not the best‚ composers. Mozart was an influential part of the Classical era. He influenced great composers such as Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. He was based in Europe and hailed from Slazburg‚ Austria. On November 14th‚ 1719‚ Mozart’s father‚ Leopold Mozart‚ was born. He was a greatly known musical pedagogue. Originally‚ Leopold was studying philosophy
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William Suitt 9th grade band Final Essay: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 6/18/13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27th‚ 1756; in Salzburg Austria. Born with the full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart‚ he quickly shortened it to Wolfgang Mozart by his early teenage years. His father‚ Leopold Mozart‚ was the assistant concert master in the Salzburg royal court. While his mother‚ Anna Maria Pertl‚ was born into a family of
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27‚ 1756 as the seventh child of a musical family. Mozart’s mother and father’s names were Anna Maria and Leopold. Leopold was a musician with ambition while Anna Maria has a good sense of humor to balance him out. They had seven children‚ but only 2 lived beyond infancy (Wolfgang and his older sister Maria Anna). He was born in Salzburg‚ or modern day Austria. Mozart’s father was a successful violinist and renowned composer of the
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and Mozart: Setting the Record Straight By A. Peter Brown "For the respect his works have commanded of musicians‚ and the popularity they have enjoyed among wider audiences‚ he is probably the most admired composer in the history of Western music." With this appraisal the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians‚ published in 1980‚ begins its magisterial article on Beethoven. More than a decade later one might not apply this statement to the Teutonic Goliath but to the David of Mozart. Not
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The joy of leaving Salzburg forVienna seems to have been musically inspiring‚ and the next few years wereprolific‚ not least in the composition of piano concertos: Mozart wrote 12between 1784 and 1786. The influence of J C Bach on Mozartwas significant. The two had met in London in 1764‚ when Mozart was still aboy. In 1772‚ Mozart created his first three piano concertos by rearrangingthree of J C Bach’s sonatas. Beyond the concerto structure‚ the detail ofMozart’s music suggests Bach’s influence
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The Houston Symphony is an orchestra from Houston. On May 29th the Houston Symphony performed the third part of their trilogy “The Cosmos” at Jones Hall. The first half of the performance had three movement 1. Intrada: Allegro maestoso‚ 2. Capriccio: Notturno e Arioso: Vivace‚ and 3. Passacaglia‚ Toccata e Corale: Andante con moto-Allegro giusto- Molto Allegro-Presto. For the second movement they performed a four movement piece “Symphony No. 9 in E minor‚ Opus 9 (From New World)”. The first part
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the greatest music composers who ever lived. His name and the word ’genius ’ are often bandied about together by music writers and critics and many would argue rightly so. Mozart had a fantastic ear for writing a catchy melody with perfect orchestral arrangement. His compositions have a rich and distinctive sound; it can be said that in his brief 35 years of life that he wrote a masterpiece in every genre of classical music without much apparent effort. Mozart had an innate
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A. History of Mozart’s Childhood and Adulthood Mozart was born in Salzburg‚ Austria on January 27‚ 1756. His father‚ a skilled violinist and music teacher himself‚ encouraged his young son to play many instruments from the tender age of three; instruments ranging from the violin to the organ and beyond. By the age of five‚ Mozart had started composing music for himself. As a young man‚ Mozart travelled extensively throughout Europe‚ with his time spent in Vienna in the early 1770s being particularly
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Beethoven and Mozart Mozart and Beethoven were both famous musicians of the classical music‚ and they were considered to be geniuses‚ giant composers. There were some similarities and differences between them‚ so their fans and some experts often compared them each other. Be honest‚ I liked Beethoven’s better than Mozart‚ and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was one my favorite musical compositions‚ nevertheless‚ I still considered Mozart was one of the best musicians in the history as well. Background
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Two of history’s greatest figures in the development of Classical style music during the eighteenth century were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. Both men worked together and were very close friends while living in Vienna. Between the two‚ Joseph Hayden and Amadeus Mozart devoted much of their music for composing symphonies‚ minuets‚ librettos‚ sonatas‚ concertos‚ masses‚ oratorios and operas. While both men achieved popularity and status during their time‚ they also discovered that success
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