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"Music” said the ancient Chinese sage Seu-ma-tsen, "is that which unifies.” If this is so, then it can be fairly said that Mozart is music, for, more than any other composer, he unified and perfected the musical arts of his time. Not only did he bring to fullest life the comparatively new musical forms of the symphony, opera, and concerto, but he wrote the ultimate word in the more familiar forms of the eighteenth century, such as the divertimento, serenade, and others. After Mozart, music was forced to move in new directions.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s incredible musical personality was formed early, for he was a quintessential prodigy. In 1762, at the age of six, he traveled throughout
Europe, where he was hailed, as one gazette of the time, phrased it, as "the greatest Prodigy that Europe, or that even Human Nature has to boast of.” The "young German boy” was the toast of the courts of Europe, where he displayed his ability as harpsichordist, violinist, organ¬
ist, vocalist, and even as a composer. This child from Salzburg, Austria, could even improvise music of the most complicated nature and, after a single hearing, recall works of elaborate construction note for note.
Mozart ended his prodigy years at the age of seventeen, standing firmly on the threshold of musical maturity. Behind him were over a hundred and fifty works of incredible variety. Ahead, in the less than twenty years of life left to him were to come to some 500 compositions,
among them many of the Western world’s greatest masterpieces.
If time is one test of a masterpiece, then few composers have survived the test as well as Mozart. His greatest operas, Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, still hold the stage in all of the world’s opera capitals. His symphonies and concertos are the backbones of orchestral
repertoires.
But for all his artistic success in his own time, Mozart endured much financial insecurity in his adult life. However applauded he might be, the man who earned his living through music in the eighteenth century did so at his own risk, for the patronage system of Church and
Court gave him little stability. It is one of the tragedies of all time that so gifted a man could find no shelter from what Shakespeare called "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”
At the age of thirty-five, on a bleak December day in 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died. This man, whom Joseph Haydn called "the greatest composer” was buried in a pauper’s grave, the exact location of which remains unknown.
00:00 1. Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 - II. Andante theme from "Elvira Madigan"
Attribution: Markus Staab
04:20 2. Overture To "The Marriage Of Figaro," K. 492
08:21 3. Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - I. Allegro
Performer: Simone Renzi (CC BY-NC 3.0)
11:38 4. Rondo Alla Turca From Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K. 331
15:14 5. Ein Kleine Nachtmusic, K. 525: 1.Allegro
19:26 6. Divertimento in D major, K.136/125a - 2. Andante
Performer: Michael Schopen (CC BY 3.0)
24:58 7. Symphony No. 35 In D Major 'Haffner': Allegro Con Spirito
30:02 8. Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat major K. 417 III Rondo
33:42 9. Symphony No. 40 in G minor: Molto allegro
39:52 10. The Magic Flute, K. 620 - Overture
46:32 11. Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 3 in G major: Allegro
54:50 12. Symphony No. 41 in C Major 'Jupiter': Molto Allegro
1:01:37 13. Piano Sonata no. 11, K. 331 - III. Alla Turca
"Music” said the ancient Chinese sage Seu-ma-tsen, "is that which unifies.” If this is so, then it can be fairly said that Mozart is music, for, more than any other composer, he unified and perfected the musical arts of his time. Not only did he bring to fullest life the comparatively new musical forms of the symphony, opera, and concerto, but he wrote the ultimate word in the more familiar forms of the eighteenth century, such as the divertimento, serenade, and others. After Mozart, music was forced to move in new directions.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s incredible musical personality was formed early, for he was a quintessential prodigy. In 1762, at the age of six, he traveled throughout
Europe, where he was hailed, as one gazette of the time, phrased it, as "the greatest Prodigy that Europe, or that even Human Nature has to boast of.” The "young German boy” was the toast of the courts of Europe, where he displayed his ability as harpsichordist, violinist, organ¬
ist, vocalist, and even as a composer. This child from Salzburg, Austria, could even improvise music of the most complicated nature and, after a single hearing, recall works of elaborate construction note for note.
Mozart ended his prodigy years at the age of seventeen, standing firmly on the threshold of musical maturity. Behind him were over a hundred and fifty works of incredible variety. Ahead, in the less than twenty years of life left to him were to come to some 500 compositions,
among them many of the Western world’s greatest masterpieces.
If time is one test of a masterpiece, then few composers have survived the test as well as Mozart. His greatest operas, Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, still hold the stage in all of the world’s opera capitals. His symphonies and concertos are the backbones of orchestral
repertoires.
But for all his artistic success in his own time, Mozart endured much financial insecurity in his adult life. However applauded he might be, the man who earned his living through music in the eighteenth century did so at his own risk, for the patronage system of Church and
Court gave him little stability. It is one of the tragedies of all time that so gifted a man could find no shelter from what Shakespeare called "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”
At the age of thirty-five, on a bleak December day in 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died. This man, whom Joseph Haydn called "the greatest composer” was buried in a pauper’s grave, the exact location of which remains unknown.
00:00 1. Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 - II. Andante theme from "Elvira Madigan"
Attribution: Markus Staab
04:20 2. Overture To "The Marriage Of Figaro," K. 492
08:21 3. Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - I. Allegro
Performer: Simone Renzi (CC BY-NC 3.0)
11:38 4. Rondo Alla Turca From Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K. 331
15:14 5. Ein Kleine Nachtmusic, K. 525: 1.Allegro
19:26 6. Divertimento in D major, K.136/125a - 2. Andante
Performer: Michael Schopen (CC BY 3.0)
24:58 7. Symphony No. 35 In D Major 'Haffner': Allegro Con Spirito
30:02 8. Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat major K. 417 III Rondo
33:42 9. Symphony No. 40 in G minor: Molto allegro
39:52 10. The Magic Flute, K. 620 - Overture
46:32 11. Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 3 in G major: Allegro
54:50 12. Symphony No. 41 in C Major 'Jupiter': Molto Allegro
1:01:37 13. Piano Sonata no. 11, K. 331 - III. Alla Turca
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