Classical and Romantic Operas
W. A. Mozart - "Zauberflote" and C. M. von Weber - "Der Freisschuetz"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 in Salzburg (Austria), and died in 1791 in Vienna (Austria). He was one of the first composers in Classical Era who showed new ideas in music writing. He used brighter tone, and heroic style of music, lyrical parts become brighter, but not without dramatic sketch.W. A. Mozart got his music education from his father, who was violinist and conductor. Mozart showed right away that he has all talent to become a great musician. At age six years old he was already famous in Europe. He had great technique in his playing, and a couple years later he showed his talent in his compositions. He wrote a lot of compositions, 23 of them for different solo instruments with orchestra, 49 symphonies, and more then 40 solo concertos with orchestra, sonatas for piano, violin and string ensembles. But besides all that, he spent a lot of time writing operas. He wrote his first opera at age 12 years old: in 1768 he wrote "La Finta Semplice" and "Bastien und Bastienne"1. He lived in Italy during 1769-1772, and during this time his operas were on stage in theaters, such as "Mitri
The libretto was written by Friedrich Kind (1768-1843)1, and the end of the opera was changed to a happy ending, compared to original story. He was very famous for his operas, especially in his small town, where life was not that easy. Romanticism usually expressed freedom, tending to be personal and subjective. Papageno's parts are very funny characteristics, dancing style, like folk music sometimes. In Dresden he wrote mainly piano works, but most of his works were dedicated to the Theater - music and drama. Music has changed a lot from time when earlier opera was composed. Next lyrical scene quickly changes to comic with folk dances. At the first attempt Max misses the mark and is in despair. From 1813 to 1816 he became opera director in Prague. Classicism was objective and impersonal, operating under rules. Overture is very long, base on the themes of the future arias, lyrical French Horn solo shows dramatic mood of the overture. The strings parts are very strict and clear, like an accompaniment most of the time, but voice parts are very bright, virtuosic and melodic.
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