Why Is Mozart Genius?

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This video looks at why Mozart is widely considered as a genius - the greatest musical genius to walk this Earth

Musical examples used include:
Mozart - Piano Concerto in C major, no. 21, Andante
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart - Piano Sonata in C major, K545
Mozart - Symphony no. 40
Mozart - Rondo alla Turca
Mozart - Flute and Harp Concerto, Movement 2
Mozart - 'Gran Partita' Wind Serenade in Bb
Mozart - Kyrie from the Great Mass in C minor

Thanks for watching, as always!

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You can search for Mozart Essentials or Mozart Undiscovered playlists. They even have a composer page. Enjoy!

[jongskyjongsky]

Yes Mozart was a good man. Saw him this morning at the market. He helped me carry my groceries. I'm glad people finally appreciate his talent. Great man.

[AblackGenie]

At the age of 5, 6, 10 and 11, I was making sand castles.

[meirwise]

I have studied music deeply for over 50 years and I am convinced that Mozart was the greatest of all. He was a genius touched by the Divine. Beethoven was inspired by him. Mozart composed aged 5 and on his death bed could compose 9 parts simultaneously without correction. How can you compose 600 masterpieces and die at 35? It's unreal.

[_abhyi]

At the age of 5, I was searching for spiders to become spiderman

[peterjongsma]

Salieri looked after Constance, Mozart's wife, financially after Mozart died.
Salieri was a good guy.
And, as Tchaikovsky said,
Mozart is Sunshine.

[antoniosalieri]

If Mozart was a genius, why is he dead?

[jameshollen]

What is really amazing is that Mozart never had to make a correction on his music. He knew EXACTLY what to put on paper before he wrote it down ! THAT IS GENIUS !

[nathanapplegate]

The genius of Mozart is shown in his musical pranks. He wrote a song called “Come Scoglio” for a singer he really did not like. The song took advantage of her tendency to tilt her head back on high notes and lower her chin on low ones by having constant leaps between high and low notes and thus causing her head to bob like a chicken on stage.

[phpn]

The story of how at 14 he memorized Allegri's Miserere after only two live performances in Rome, tells us everything about his cognitive powers.

[alt.acc.]

*what is Mozart doing in his grave?*

*decomposing*

[rockyable]

Mozart's genius lay in his simplicity. Bach's genius lay in his ability to make complex pieces so outstanding. Beethoven was something else, can't describe him. Vivaldi was a one-album wonder, but still continues to capture the imagination of music lovers. All the 4 are special to me.

[justinhamilton]

Imagine all the pieces we would have had if Mozart lived to be like 70 or something

[zenmaster]

One thing to remember about Mozart’s crude humor is that it was very prevalent in that period. Almost everyone had that type of humor and I find it quite hilarious. It would make sense that those people who were expected to hold themselves to such a high standard in every aspect of their lives would find such joy and rebelliousness in crude humor. Opera boxes during that time to were the equivalent of the vip section of a club with many drinks and promiscuous women. We just see the paintings and think that those people were extremely classy, which they were to an extent, but they were also humans and enjoy a good fart joke!

[geraldp.]

don´t forget mozart died at the age of 35
bach 65
beethoven 56
haydn 77
mozarts got better and better (e.g. ave verum corpus and the magic flute were among his last pieces)
now imagine he had lived for 30 more years

[jeanpierrepolnareff]

Yo imagine a Bach and Mozart collab though, straight heat🔥🔥

[tudvalstone]

Been listening to classical music for more decades than I care to admit. I didn't always think Mozart was the greatest composer, but in the last few years I am starting to realize that he was the indispensible genius. I could imagine a world where all the works of any one composer would not exist, but not Mozart. We need his music, it enriches humanity like no other.

[meygekon]

When you have a name WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART you already knew youre a badass

[wolfgangamadeusmozart]

you all better watch the movie. Every single minute it shows how i am superior than Salieri.

[NxDoyle]

Amadeus (Gottlieb in German, which was Mozart's actual middle name) translates literally as "love God" but actually means, 'beloved by God'.