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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Questions about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an extremely talented Austrian composer during the Classical Period. Although he led a short life, he certainly made an impact in the history of music.

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What is the story of Don Giovanni?

Basically - Don Giovanni [a rake] meets defeat in three encounters - With Donna Elvira, whom he has deserted but who still follows him. Then with Donna Anna, who must postpone her marriage to Don Ottavio after Don Giovanni tries to rape her and kills her father. Finally with Zerlina, whom he vainly tries to lure from her fiancé, the peasant Masetto. They all vow vengeance on Don Giovanni and his servant Leporello. Finally Don Giovanni is destroyed and delivered to hell by the statue of the Commendatore, who had accepted Giovanni's invitation to supper.

What is the birthday of Mozart?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Australia, on January 27, 1756.

Who were the leading composers of the classical period?

There were several actually. Bartok expanded the timbres of the orchestra by introducing new playing techniques such as snap pizzacato on the strings. Prokofiev introduced his philosophy that the piano was a percussive instrument. Shostakovich experimented with new dissonant harmonies and using the extremes of the instruments' ranges and dynamics. Schoenberg came along with his twelve-tone row theory, which paved the way for atonal composition. Stravinsky's Rite of Spring was partially based on these principles, and it was so far-fetched that it caused a riot at its premiere. Webern established the Second Viennese school and took the concept of atonality even farther. Finally, John Cage and other contemporaries started experiementing at the fringes of contemporary music, which included using fishing string to play the strings on a piano and other bizarre techniques.

Why is Mozart called amadeus?

His full name is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His parents must have liked it?

Was Mozart baroque?

Well, he didn't really. The baroque period ended around the middle of the eighteenth century. Baroque composers included those like J S Bach, G F Handel. After the baroque came the gallante style, adopted, for example, by J S Bach's sons Johann Christian and Carl Philip Emanuel. After the galante came the classical style. Mozart (1756 - 1791) was the ultimate classical composer.

What are the most popular Mozart songs?

"The Magic Flute" and Sonata in C Major. And also his most famous one: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He really wrote that!

What did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's early compositions sound like?

One of Mozart's influences in his early life was Beethoven who already made some of his famous musical artworks. Also, Mozart's family was a very musical family and so he got influenced by his family but at first his dad wanted him to play the violin, but instead Mozart wanted to play the piano.

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Unfortunately the previous contributor has got the two composers mixed up. Beethoven could not have influenced Mozart's early music as he (Mozart) was already nearly 15 years old when Beethoven was born. Mozart, however, was an influence on Beethoven's early music.

The music of Joseph Haydn was an influence on Mozart. They shared the same musical language and, although Haydn was some 25 years the elder, they were friends and admired each other's music.

What instruments did Mozart's father teach him to play?

Mozart's father, Leopald, started teaching Mozart to play instruments at the age of four. He learned how to play the violin, harpsichord and organ.

What is the capital of salzburg?

Salzburg is a city in its own right, so does not have a capital. It is in Austria. The capital of Austria is Vienna.

Why is house music so popular?

Songs are so popular because when people get bored they will play a song to satisfy their boredness and because it gets peoples attention because of the beat. Songs are so popular because when people get bored they will play a song to satisfy their boredness and because it gets peoples attention because of the beat.

What are the important achievements in the early years of Mozart's life?

Mozart's most important achievement in his early years would be surviving birth. This is not a joke or a poor attempt an an answer. Of the seven children birthed by his mother, only Wolfgang Amadeus and one sister survived.

At a very early age, 4 or 5, Mozart could read and write music, and was very gifted on the piano and violin. Mozart composed two rather short songs when he was five years old. He wrote and played his "Andante" and "Allegro in C" for his father.

Mozart composed 13 symphonies between the ages of 8 and 15.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was definitely a child prodigy.

What are some famous pieces of music played by the violin?

One is the Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor by Bach. It is a duet that sounds pretty good.

In the movie Amadeus what is the music that plays during the scene in which Mozart is walking through the streets of Vienna drinking a bottle of wine?

I have not seen the film but IMDB and several other sites quote "The Young Amadeus is based on the Adagio movement of the Clarinet Concerto." (Sheetmusic.com) "The piece of Mozart's music with the oboe and clarinet themes, whose score Salieri so deeply admires in one of the earliest sequences, is the Adagio, or third movement, of the Serenade No. 10 in B-flat, KV361, also known as "Gran Partita"." (IMDB.com) Hello - have added the link below - after many years of looking I found it out to be a Piano Piece K.33b - composed when Mozart was 10 years old - this is the one the young Mozart plays for the Pope in the film.

What was the name of Mozart's piece was composing when he died?

Mozart's first composition was Andante in C, which he wrote at age four or five.

It is a common misconception that Mozart wrote Twinkle Twinkle Little Star at the age of four or five. He did not. This is the age he was when the original French melody was written under the name of "Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman", in 1761. Mozart did, however, write variations on this melody when he was around twelve years old.

What were the last four operas that Mozart wrote?

The last four operas that Mozart wrote are "The Clemency of Titus," "Women are like that or All women do that," "The Philosopher's Stone," and "The Magic Flute." He wrote these in 1790 and 1791.

What was Mozart buried in?

No one knows where Mozart was buried because in old days they buried people in one big pit. It was to hard to keep track of the people they buried in each pit. Mozart was not wealthy because Constanze , his wife left him a year and a half before he died, then she returned. He arranged a funeral march for his own death, but it couldn't be played since he was just going to be thrown in a pit anyways.

Interment was at St. Marx Cemetery, in a common grave, December 7, 1791.

Was Mozart a mute?

Beethoven was not mute, although he was deaf.

What is the English title of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte?

In English: it is "The Magic Flute." It is an opera by Mozart. It was premiered in 1791.

What two instruments did Mozart play?

Niccolo played the violin, viola, guitar and MAYBEthe cello. MAYBE.

Who composed the piano concerto in A major k 488?

Most likely Mozart ... especially since the letter "k" is in the question. "K" stood for Koechel, the person who cataloged every piece Mozart wrote and assigned each composition its own unique number.

Was Mozart afraid of any musical instrument as a child?

I'm not completely sure of this, but according to one of the books I've read, when Mozart was a child he was so afraid of trumpets that he would get physically ill when he heard one blow.