WOLFGANG

AMADEUS
MOZART
By Joe Christensen
Biography

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( 1756 1791)

One of the greatest composers of the classical period.
He studied and admired the works of Bach, Handel and Haydn
Biography

By the age of 6 he was writing his own

compositions.
He wrote his first opera,Mitridate Re di
Ponto, in 1770 when he was only 14
years old.
He composed his first great mass, aged
12 Misa Brevis in G
While visiting the Vatican, Mozart heard
Gregorio AllegrisMiserereperformed in
the Sistine Chapel. He was able to write
out the entire score from memory.
Previously, the music had not been
reproduced outside the Vatican.
Haydn was full of praise for the young
Mozart, telling his father there was no
other man like him.
Biography

In April 1787,Beethoven, then aged 16, arrived in Vienna to get

two weeks worth of musical lessons from Mozart.
At the age of 17, he received a prestigious appointment to play in
the court of Vienna, Austria.
He married Constanze Weber in 1782. They had six children, but
only two survived infancy.
Mozart earned a substantial sum from his successful operas, but he
was extravagant in spending and often ended up in financial
difficulties.
He was a Roman Catholic and some of his greatest works were
religious in nature.
He died of kidney failure and was buried in a common grave with
little fanfare, though that was common for the time.
Marriage of Figaro

This song first debuted in 1786

Story about two lovers Figaro and Susanna
Written from a comedy that was outlawed for crudeness
Comedy was modified because it talked about things that were taboo at
the time
Don Giovani

Overture (see listening guide) was arguably written just before the
Opera was performed
Opera was based off the adventures of Don Juan someone plagued
with sexual discontent
Mostly known as a comedy but does have some action
One of the most performed operas in the world
Piano Sonata No 11
3rd movement

"Alla turca", popularly known as the "Turkish March

Immitates Turkish style of music that was popular at the time
One of the most recognizable piano pieces ever written
Rondo form ABCDECABCCoda
 Marriage of Figaro Overture
Listening Guide
0:00 Music starts out piano with string instruments.
0:09 In come the wind instruments with the melody as
the strings fall out just for a moment.
0:13 Strings and wind instruments ensemble together.
0:24 The wind instruments come back in with the
melody and where the main theme begins.
0:28 Ensemble together again.
0:34 String instruments go to minor creating a
staccato.
0:52 Strings back to piano and the wind instruments
are creating the rhythm of the piece.
1:07 All instruments decrescendo getting softer and
moving to the background but only for a moment then
they build back up to crescendo.
1:24 String instruments are starts to play ritardando
with the wind instruments soon to follow.
1:42 Both sets of instruments are almost fighting each other to
become dominant over the other.
2:00 Starts with the main theme as though to start the song
again but it does not.
2:07 In come the wind instruments again and the strings fall
back.
2:22 Winds instruments go quit again and let the string
instruments take charge.
2:42 Song seems to go minor again as well as crescendo.
3:00 This is where it takes a turn from the original to a new
theme. The strings become staccato with the winds playing an
underlying soft notes.
3:25 Starting the theme for the finale. Both sets of instruments
are starting to pick up momentum and gusto as though it is
coming to the end of a firework show.
3:50 This is the beginning to the end. One of the best parts of
any song.
4:11 Last two beats that seem to be common in this genre of
music.
 Don Giovanni Overture
Listening Guide
0:00 The beginning of the overture robust wind and string
instruments for a moment and then a brief pause.
0:08 String and wind instruments come in again the same
but quickly fall to long soft notes.
0:16 String instruments creating a calm strong yet slow
pattern.
0:41 String instruments are starting to pick up with a melody
crescendo but not too fast.
0:57 Here is where it starts to get moving and picking up
faster along with the winds.
1:20 Starts to slow back down and moving back to somber.
1:43 While the strings are playing underlying melody the
winds pick back up again at this point picking up pace.
2:07 Sequence of short loud notes by the wind instruments.
2:15 Picking up pace with both sets of instruments.
2:40 This is a nice part where it seems as though wind and
string instruments are battling for life against one another.
3:04 This is where a new theme begins in the piece.
3:26 Changes pace all of the sudden with strong notes
from the wind instruments.
3:59 Beginning with s short burst going piano with more
robust short bursts soon to follow. String playing a light
melody on an off within the bursts.
4:30 The theme starts to pick up and then drops off
again like it has been doing the whole song before it.
4:49 The forte of the melody is speeding up as well.
4:54 Stings are still playing the moldy with the full
orchestra having sharp
5:37 Theme is changing over to the finale. You can tell
with thief pike this is happening by the culmination of all
instruments in the orchestra.
6:00 Last two beats that seem to be common in this
genre of music.
Piano Sonata No. 11 3rd Movement
Listening Guide
0:00 Beginning of the movement that is very staccato in a-minor.
0:08 A repeat of the opening.
0:15 B- Section of this piece begins that has a crescendo in it.
0:21 Repeat of section b.
0:29 Moving to the third part of the piece. This is where it really starts to change but still has bits of the first two sections.
This is in a-major
0:43 Repeats the third section another time.
0:58 Fourth section of the piece starts here moving it to f-minor combining chords along with the notes. This repeats twice.
1:11 Fifth section of the piece. Still combining chords with plenty of single notes.
1:18 Seems to change having parts from both fourth and fifth sections.
1:55 This is where it goes back to the beginning of this movement and repeats from the beginning and repeats it twice.
2:08 Repeats the second part of the movement twice.
2:52 This is the ending theme that brings it all back together. You can hear bits and pieces in here that are prominent
throughout this
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