“Mozart is historically notable as one of the first composers to attempt to make a living as a musical freelancer… he was both prodigy and creator” (Manheim 132). Mozart, possibly one of the world's greatest composers composed hundreds of very well known, and much played works. In the thirty-five years Mozart lived, he accomplished many things such as traveling and touring Europe, he also helped design Anton Stadler’s Basset Clarinet and Basset Horn, bringing them into the world of standard repertoire…
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Wolfgang Mozart was a musician who composed music during the baroque and renaissance era. Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Austria, to Leopold Mozart, who was also a musician who introduced music to Wolfgang and his sister, Anna Maria, at an early age. Austria in the mid-18th century was ruled by aristocrats who invested in the arts for entertainment and inspiration. As young as the age of three, he began to look on as his sister learned the keyboard from their father. A few short years later…
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Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart Paper Johann Sebastian Bach was born on the March 21st, 1685, at Eisenach. He died July 28, 1750. He was a German Baroque composer. During his life Bach's mastery of the keyboard attracted the attention of many important people. In 1708 he went to Weimar where his successes were crowned by his appointment, in 1714, at the age of twenty-nine, as Hofkonzertmeister to the duke of Weimar. Where he then composed beuatifully sacred melodies daily. In which the great…
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133 5/05/2013 Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the greatest musician the earth has ever seen. Though Mozart young life of thirty-five years he composed over 600 pieces of music, which are some of the finest pieces composed up to this very date. Many have said that Mozart phenomenal works were inspired by his life and surroundings therefore making him a musical genius. Mozart's talents have attributed from and are a cause of, his life, his music, and his musical era. Wolfgang Mozart was born on January…
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Amadeus The Classical era in music was between the baroque and romantic periods. In the early 1700s, French artists and musicians never thought of their work as “barque”. Instead, they introduced the term to disparage others who did not share their “classical” sensibility. The music from the classical era encompasses the last half of the eighteenth century and the early decades of the nineteenth (c. 1750-1825). The later 1700s were a time when classical ideals were especially strong in Europe.…
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Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. From four years old, Mozart’s dad began pushing his son into playing music. Mozart was able to play piano pieces before the age of five. Without the influence of his father, his musical talent may have never been realized. So Mozart’s dad felt no need to hide Wolfgang’s talents at home, and the child played his first recital at the age of six for the Empress of Austria. In 1763 his father decided to go on a concert tour with the whole family…
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Amadeus had a variety of different stories involving Mozart that seemed to be controversial to me and had me questioning what was right and what was wrong. Throughout the entire movie you are not exactly sure what to think about him and how to perceive the way he was treated when he was a child. Because, of this it makes you really want to look more into if he was a child prodigy or just a trained monkey? Life was never easy for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart between the pressure on him while he was a child…
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arguably, the most innovative and brilliant musician, not only of his time, but of all human history, and his music was largely, if not wholly, the product of the impact that his abusive father, his lack of a social life, his deafness and his near suicidal depression had upon his life. He was the first musician ever to support himself solely upon music composition, when most musicians at the time had to work menial jobs and have church sponsors for their music. Beethoven, without a doubt, gave us…
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their innovations and have influenced composers for centuries. Even today, their music and legacy live on beyond their imagination. Who are these composers? We’ll begin this tour with Georg Friderick Handel, continue with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and conclude with Ludwig van Beethoven. Georg Friderick Handel Georg Friderick Handel was a 17th century composer who wrote exquisite and delightful masterpieces that share a very special place in my musical collection. In addition…
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Beethoven Symphony No. 3 and Mozart Symphony 40 Forms Sonata form is one of the more popular forms of music that is found in a variety of different works including symphonies, concertos, and sonatas. Sonata form features three distinct sections: the exposition, development, and recapitulation. Mozart was one of the early composers of this form of music. I will examine the clear distinctions between each section and how he does not stray from the typical form. In later years the form would change…
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