Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Musical Genius

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[shelleybergen]

"A star that shines twice as bright burns half as long". He was such a genius.

[twocvbloke]

If only the composers of old could see how their music has lived on through until today, knowing what hardship they went through in their lifetime, but remembered for seemingly eternity... :)

[samuellees]

Could we have some more classical composers like Haydn, Handel, Beethoven or Tchaikovsky please.

[ignitionfrn]

1:00 - Chapter 1 - Young prodigies
3:05 - Chapter 2 - Taking Europe by storm
4:30 - Chapter 3 - A magical ring ?
6:15 - Chapter 4 - Back in salzburg
7:45 - Chapter 5 - Dear dad, i'm doing great (not)
10:50 - Mid roll ads
12:05 - Chapter 6 - Things pick up again
13:40 - Chapter 7 - Dream team
16:30 - Chapter 8 - Than a quartet life is harder
18:05 - Chapter 9 - A requiem for himself
- Chapter 10 -

[stevencrawtr]

Mozart's music is beautiful and inspirational and will forever transcend time.

[klonklone]

If had even one OUNCE of this man’s genius I’d be a successful musician already

[PitboyHarmony]

As a choral singer (Bass/Baritone), I have rehearsed and performed Mozart's Requiem. It is in the study of these melodies and harmonies that you begin the hear just how sublime it is.

How it becomes so plainly obvious that every note ... is simply the right one. The Lacrimosa, Confutatis ... The Kyrie ... all of it ... is absolutely perfect.
Learning it ... changes you.

[vt]

I’m from Vienna and spent most of my summers in Salzburg when I was younger, so not by choice I was surrounded by Mozart’s legacy a lot 😅 I really enjoyed this video! Finally a summary of his biography without reinforcing all the myths just for the sake of entertainment

[cheekoandtheman]

Amadeus is in the top 10 greatest minds humanity has produced. There is this incredible clarity to his music, it’s kinda hard to explain, when you play his music, there is something breathtaking that leaves this feeling in your throat and lungs . I wouldn’t be the least surprised if the very word breathtaking was invented to describe this man’s music .
One day I met a musician from the Melbourne symphony orchestra on the train, on to rehearsals for an Amadeus symphony, he was telling me how difficult playing a lot of Mozarts is.
Bach gives you great technique, Mozart Perfects It !

[ianmorris]

No matter the mood, no matter the need, there is almost always a perfect piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for every occasion. That is something that very few composers, if any, can claim. No matter the piece you may choose, you can return to it many times and still find something new in each listening. I am a great fan of Tchaikovsky, a composer of great talent, but he bows before the greatest maestro. Mozart.

[patrick_dyr]

Despite the historical inaccuracies of the film Amadeus (though to be fair, it’s not really a biopic of Mozart, but a film about mediocrity confronting genius as told through Salieri and Mozart), it does have the greatest description of Mozart’s music by Salieri as he reads through Mozart’s compositions:

“I was staring through the cages of those meticulous ink strokes… at an absolute beauty.”

[witsukyai]

Finally, you do more of music related biographies. I enjoyed so much your Wagner video. Finally, you did Mozart. I recommend doing Schubert or Liszt. Thank you for your contribution

[Italonino]

Antonio Salieri was one of Beethoven's teachers. Ludwig took up playing Mozart's piano concertos when not playing his own music. His music became so popular that Constanza died a rich woman.

[ChrisFarrell]

For those of us who play clarinet, Mozart is revered for bringing the clarinet into the orchestra. Two pieces written very close to the end of his life, the Clarinet Concerto K.622 and the Quintet K.581 are the first truly great works for the instrument, and remain among the greatest works ever written for it. The clarinet concerto is still probably the most-performed clarinet work, although that may be changing a bit as orchestras try to drag themselves out of the ditch they drove into in the 20th century. Mozart also used the basset horn (basically an alto clarinet) extensively, notably in the Requiem. Anyway, the clarinet was the last major addition to the orchestra, and without Mozart and his brilliant writing and great affection for it, who knows when or if it would have been included. Perhaps now in the orchestra there would be no clarinets and only saxophones. Not the worst thing in the world perhaps, but not the same.

[natoman]

Yes! I've been waiting for this since biographics began! Please do Chopin next

[freddyharvey]

I have loved Biographics for years, but as my major is in Music the composer ones are easily my favourites! Please make more!

[dwashbur]

Mozart is one of my heroes, partly because I'm a musician myself, and partly because I'm convinced her was as ADD as I am. It accounts for everything, including his genius. The patronage system of the time was incompatible with our disorder and he couldn't figure out how to live under it. So, as one of my music history profs put it, he gave up and died early.
If Ritalin had been around then, who knows what more he might have been able to give us.

[jessicajujubean]

That "divine inspiration" thing reminds me of how beatniks like Allen Ginsberg thought jazz just flowed out naturally from cosmic inner streams or something. Instead jazz musicians practiced and crafted their music just like Mozart did.

[venomousnate]

Very well researched and well made bio of one of the greatest music composers ever.

[thcdreams]

Thanks Simon now I will have the Rock Me Amadeus song stuck in my head all day.