5 Lessons from Mozart

1. Treat each project as an interesting challenge

- Mozart even had to resort to ghost writing despite being a very proud man. He always
pushed for something new and interesting within the frames that he was given. Whatever it
is that you maybe we working on, it is always possible to carry it out in style and inject your
own personality into it.
2. Be controversial in your own art
- Mozart was a rebel and an innovator who received a lot of praise in his lifetime, but his
music wasn’t liked by everyone – not even by a long shot.
3. Do your Groundwork
- From a very early age he worked extremely hard to gain his skills. He practiced daily and
was already composing little pieces when he was five. Ever since his early childhood he
always stayed extremely dedicated to practice and research. For him there were no
shortcuts.
4. Be a creator of worlds
- Mozart used imitation as a form of practice and he was very good at it. But in his serious
work he was never content with repeating what others were doing.
5. Don’t let hardship put you down
- Mozart’s whole life, from childhood to his early death at 35, was filled with psychological
hardship and physical suffering. He lost four of his six children. He was physically fragile
and his life was plagued with all kinds of illnesses ever since his early age. Under these
extremely difficult conditions this man wrote an amazingly large repertoire of masterful
music.

5 Lessons from Beethoven

1. Think of yourself in very good ways.
- Beethoven always thought of himself as the best composer in the world.
2. Every complicated thing starts simple.
- Beethoven’s music is built on what’s known as motifs. He starts with a pattern and then
builds on it; you can hear it in almost every single piece he writes, from the smallest pieces
to the large symphonic masterpieces.
3. Trust your instincts in knowing when what you’ve done is just right.
- Beethoven was known to write pieces and then go back and work on them some more.
4. Figure out what you feel your worth and then go for it. As mentioned above,
- Beethoven was pretty much the first music entrepreneur. He couldn’t have done that
without believing he was worth more than being a court musician.
5. Be flexible when opportunity arises.
- Beethoven went deaf. While deaf, he still wrote a lot of music, including his 9th Symphony.
He “heard” it inside his head and didn’t let it stop him from composing.

5 Lessons from Haydn

1. Poverty need not be an impediment to success.
- And that hard work is indispensable to it. Haydn was poor as a church mouse throughout
his childhood and youth, yet he never ceased being busy as a beaver. He was, “a regular
urchin”, but none the less he tended to his work.
2. Always find solutions to hurdles in your goals.
- Haydn educated himself about music because he had no way of supporting himself except
by giving music lessons at two florins ($10) a month. He learned so much more by himself
than from teachers, this a lesson for those remote from musical centers cut off from
developing their skills.
3. How to be happy though unhappily married!
- He wanted to marry the younger daughter of a wig maker but however was persuaded to
marry her sister. Yet, so imperturbable was Haydn’s good humor, that even this domestic
affliction, which lasted forty years, did not unbalance him.
4. All the hard work, pays off.
- Haydn was so wealthy in his last years that he was able to liberally repay the families of
those who in his early struggles had helped him. As he said “ something can come from
nothing.”
5. Always remember to repay those who have helped you
- Although Haydn earned a lot of money, he still remained humble and repaid those who
helped him reach where he is now. We should always be thankful for them and for God’s
abundant blessings.

1. Treat each project as an
interesting challenge. Mozart even
had to resort to ghost writing
despite being a very proud man. He
always pushed for something new
and interesting within the frames
that he was given.
2. Be controversial in your own art.
Mozart was a rebel and an
innovator who received a lot of
praise in his lifetime, but his music
wasn’t liked by everyone – not even
by a long shot.
3. Do your Groundwork. From a
very early age he worked extremely
hard to gain his skills. He practiced
daily and was already composing
little pieces when he was five. He
always stayed extremely dedicated
to practice and research.
4. Be a creator of worlds. Mozart
used imitation as a form of practice
and he was very good at it. But in
his serious work he was never
content with repeating what others
were doing.
5. Don’t let hardship put you down.
Mozart’s whole life, from childhood
to his early death at 35, was filled
with psychological hardship and
physical suffering. He lost four of
his six children. He was physically
fragile and his life was plagued with
all kinds of illnesses ever since his
early age. Under these extremely
difficult conditions this man wrote
an amazingly large repertoire of
masterful music.
1. Think of yourself in very good ways.
Beethoven always thought of himself as
the best composer in the world.
2. Every complicated thing starts simple.
Beethoven’s music is built on what’s
known as motifs. He starts with a pattern
and then builds on it; you can hear it in
almost every single piece he writes, from
the smallest pieces to the large
symphonic masterpieces.
3. Trust your instincts in knowing when
what you’ve done is just right. Beethoven
was known to write pieces and then go
back and work on them some more.
4. Figure out what you feel your worth
and then go for it. As mentioned above,
Beethoven was pretty much the first
music entrepreneur. He couldn’t have
done that without believing he was worth
more than being a court musician.
5. Be flexible when opportunity arises.
Beethoven went deaf. While deaf, he still
wrote a lot of music, including his 9th
Symphony. He “heard” it inside his head
and didn’t let it stop him from
composing.
1. Poverty need not be an impediment
to success and that hard work is
indispensable to it. Haydn was poor as a
church mouse throughout his childhood
and youth, yet he never ceased being
busy as a beaver. He was, “a regular
urchin”, but none the less he tended to
his work.
2. Always find solutions to hurdles in
your goals. Haydn educated himself
about music because he had no way of
supporting himself except by giving
music lessons at two florins ($10) a
month. He learned so much more by
himself than from teachers, this a lesson
for those remote from musical centers
cut off from developing their skills.
3. How to be happy though unhappily
married! He wanted to marry the
younger daughter of a wig maker but
however was persuaded to marry her
sister. Yet, so imperturbable was
Haydn’s good humor that even this
domestic affliction, which lasted forty
years, did not unbalance him.
4. All the hard work, pays off. Haydn was
so wealthy in his last years that he was
able to liberally repay the families of
those who in his early struggles had
helped him. As he said
“ Something can come from nothing.”
5. Always remember to repay those who
have helped you. Although Haydn
earned a lot of money, he still remained
humble and repaid those who helped
him reach where he is now. We should
always be thankful for them and for
God’s abundant blessings.
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