Mozart

The world that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart entered ceremoniously in 1756 was brimming in change. Historians refer to this era as the Age of Enlightenment, one of unparalleled scientific, philosophical, and political ferment. Within Mozart’s lifetime it set in motion forces that would fundamentally alter life not only in his native, Salzburg, but also around the globe. The Enlightenment was not, to be sure, a democratic

movement. In France, the absolutism of the Sun King, Louis XIV, continued under Louis XV and XVI. But in Austria, Empress Maria Theresa introduced a greater measure of tolerance and freedom among her subjects, laying a foundation for the democratic revolutions that followed. Wolfgang’s father Leopold came from a family of Augsburg bookbinders. He received a solid Jesuit education, more intelle

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Mozart had known Haydn’s music for at least ten years. Unlike Mozart, Haydn was a relatively late bloomer, composing

most of his important music after the age of 35 (at which age Mozart was dead). He taught his son the clavier and composition”(Mercardo 763). The play by Beaumarchais had been banned shortly after its Parisian premiere in 1784. Both Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert studied with Salieri. In 1800, more than a dozen years after Leopold’s death, his treatise was still being reprinted. 622, and the Masonic Cantata and was trying to finish the Requiem. This contrasted strongly with the strained relationship that Mozart enjoyed with his father. His symphonic compositions culminate in the “Jupiter” written in 1788 when Mozart was 32.

Critical thinking:

 Why do you think Mozart’s instrumental music has been regarded as “absolute music”?

Why do you think was Mozart is Called a child prodigy?

Suggested Further Listening:

Opera:

-The magic Flute

-The marriage of Figaro

Symphony:

-Jupiter symphony, K. So fond was the emperor, Joseph II, of Salieri that he became known as the “musical pope. In 1756, the year that Wolfgang was born, he published the first edition of his Violin School, which soon brought him international fame. In spite of intrigues raised against him, Mozart managed to present The Abduction from the Seraglio

in 1782. The message is unmistakable:

“Mortals use quills,

Mozart simply wills”(Solomon)

On the Road

The temptation to take his two prodigies on the road proved irresistible to Leopold, who assumed sole responsibility for Mozart’s education.

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