Mozart VS.

Beethoven

Round One: Background

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Born in 1756 in the
mountain town of Salzburg, Austria, I was a child prodigy,
as by the age of 6 I was already playing the piano, violin,
and organ, as well as composing. My father, Leopold
Mozart, was a famous violinist at the time. I was raised in
a musical family with whom I toured to Europe to learn all
kinds of music knowledge and techniques. After I grew
up, I moved to Vienna, the musical capital of the world.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Born in 1770 in Germany, I
have always been a struggling artist, and by the age of
45, I lost my hearing. I was also raised in a family of
musicians. However, my father, who passed me my
talented musical gene, was also a violent alcoholic, and
he forcibly made me practice at the keyboard at all
hours day and night. In 1787, I moved to Vienna too, so
I could focus on nothing but my music.

Round Two: The struggles

Mozart

Beethoven

A little autistic
Married his dear Constanze against the advice
of his father

A little ADD (attention deficit disorder)

Had no wife
Had a alcoholic father
Constantly got kicked out of his apartments due
to his messy lifestyle
Lost his hearing
Suffered from depression and anguish
Considered suicide

Round Three: The final battle

Geniuses are always somewhat abnormal. Mozart was a child prodigy who lived in his
own world, and Beethoven was a crazy composer who was totally oblivious to the world.
Mozart became the upmost standard of a genius, and he represented a traditional era
in the music history. While Mozart did create so much more music pieces than Beethoven
did, Beethovens comparably not-that-prolific works are nearly all groundbreaking. He
cared nothing but music. One would say that the loss of hearing is fatal to a music
composers, but due to his immense love for music, and his unimaginably great talents,
Beethoven created magic. Perhaps it were the struggles in his life and his craziness that
made his music so powerful and personal that it shakes the hearts of the hearers. God
closed so many doors on Beethoven that his open windows were innumerable comparing to
those of other.
Listening to the music created by Mozart would make you think of a grand palace with
some upper-class people dancing and chatting over afternoon tea time; Listening to the
music fathomed by Beethoven would have you infused with feelings over nature and life.

Click below to dance in

a palace

Click below to be blown

away

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Kapilow, Robert, Antonio Janigro, and Wolfgang
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Joyce Zhang
10/11/2015