the history of Mozart and his music

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The history of Mozart and his music

I . Introduction

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer . One of the outstanding masters of the Classical period , he composed works in almost every form . His masterpieces for the piano , symphony orchestra , and operatic stages are favorites in the standard repertoire

The purpose of this is to know the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his music

II . Background

A . His Life

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg , where his father , Leopold Mozart

(1719-1789 , was a composer and violinist serving the archbishop Young Mozart began his musical studies with his father when four years old . He played the clavichord and harpsichord , and composed minuets and other pieces . At the age of six the boy , with his sister Marianne , gave concerts in Munich and Vienna (Sadie , 1996

In the nest three years , Mozart visited London , Paris , and other cities , delighting the courts with his technical skill and amazing powers of improvisation . In Vienna in 1768 Mozart wrote his first opera La finta semplice , at the request of the emperor . Court intrigues however , prevented its production until the following year in Salzburg At 13 Mozart became director of concerts for the archbishop of Salzburg (Sadie , 1996

During the next decade Mozart composed numerous works and visited Milan , Rome , and other Italian cities . In 1772 , the archbishop died . His successor cared little for music or for Mozart . After many disagreements , Mozart left Salzburg in 1781 and settled in Vienna . The following year he married Constanze Weber . Although many commissions came his way , Mozart was unable to secure a good court position (Schenk 2000 . He struggled to earn a living by teaching , giving concerts , and composing light dance music

The Marriage of Figaro , produced in 1786 , was followed the next year by another operatic masterpiece , Don Giovanni . In 1788 , the emperor gave him a minor court appointment . During six weeks that same year , Mozart composed his last three symphonies - those in C (the Jupiter , E flat , and G minor . He wrote the opera Cosi fan tutte in 1790 (Sadie 1996

In the last year of his life , Mozart composed The Magic Flute , an opera , and Requiem Mass , a choral work written almost as if in anticipation of his own death (It was unfinished at the time of his death and was completed by his pupil Sussmayr ) Suffering from illness and overwork , Mozart died in Vienna at the age of 35 . He was buried in an unmarked pauper 's grave (Schenk , 2000

III . Discussion

A . His Music

Mozart was not an innovator or reformer . The many tours he made as a child prodigy taught him a variety of musical styles . Absorbing these styles , he created one of his own . His music , marked by melodic richness , reflects a variety of emotions . He often expressed deep and passionate feeling (Einstein , 2001

Mozart composed more than 600 works but did not use opus numbers . In the 19th century , his works were arranged chronologically by Ludwig...