MUSIC 1010 SEMESTER PRESENTATION

Jeremy Taylor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Life Facts

Born: January 27, 1756 Died: December 5, 1791 Compositions: The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni Movies: Don Giovanni, Idomeneo Siblings: Maria Anna Mozart and Johann Karl

Amadeus Mozart Children: Fran Xaver Wolfgang Mozart and Karl

Thomas Mozart

The Early Years

Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.

Competent on keyboard and violin

Composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty.

Employment at the Salzburg court

Mozart was employed as a court musician by the ruler of Salzburg, Prince- Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo

Mozart’s Opera Success

In January 1781, Mozart's opera Idomeneo premiered with "considerable success"

Married Life

Mozart faced a very difficult task in getting his father's permission for the marriage.

He married Constanze in St Stephen’s Cathedral August 4, 1782.

Mozart the Piano Soloist

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, was a great success. After this Mozart did little operatic writing for the next four years, producing only two unfinished works and the one-act Der Schauspieldirektor.

He focused instead on his career as a piano soloist and writer of concertos.

Listening guide Symphony No.40, G Minor

movement No.1 00:00- The main theme is

presented in the violins over a series of pulsating octaves in the lower strings. The theme is in g minor and is divided into two balanced phrases.

00:20-Continuing strings and adding woodwinds to fill the melody.

00:30- Violins and woodwinds keep the melody and the rhythm going.

00:60- Theme 2 strings and woodwinds just ended the transition phase the dynamics are a bit softer.

01:30- Exposition closing section ascending chromatic scale, strings and bassoons. Motive tossed from one instrument to another.

Some of Mozart’s Works Childhood symphonies (1764–1771) Mozart had a number of from his early

childhood Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major Symphony No. 4 in D major Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major Symphony No. 6 in F major Symphony No. 7 in D major Symphony No. 8 in D major Symphony No. 9 in C major Symphony No. 10 in G major Symphony No. 11 in D major Symphony No. 12 in G major Symphony No. 13 in F major

Mozart’s Final Days

Mozart fell ill while in Prague on September 6, 1791.

Mozart was nursed in his final illness by his wife and her youngest sister

Requiem in D Minor was left unfinished when Mozart died

Mozart student Franz Xaver Sussmayr completed the piece in 1792

Mozart died December 5, 1791, at the age of 35

Mozart was buried at St. Marx Cemetery on December 7, 1791

References

http://bibliolore.org/2012/03/20/mozart-and-folk-proverbs/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

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