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"The classical period produced more instrumental than vocal music, a wealth of serious and comic operas as well as vocal religious music also appeared during this time"(Goes 11). One of the best composers of this time was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In this paper I will go through his childhood, his friends and family, and of course his music. Enjoy! Child of the Enlightenment 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 intellectual than evangelical after a year at the B
Then Mozart met Haydn; we do not know the occasion on which Mozart first encountered Joseph Haydn. In the autumn of 1791, Mozart's health became progressively worse. But there is no evidence that either of these wonderful dramatic conceits were true historically. The play by Beaumarchais had been banned shortly after its Parisian premiere in 1784. Between 1762 and 1766, the Mozarts appeared at almost every major court in Europe. The idealization of Mozart's genius was complete by the end of the nineteenth century. In the "Jupiter" Mozart build toward the finale with passages in a fugal style as the grand climax after the minuet (3rd Movement) Composer: W. This contrasted strongly with the strained relationship that Mozart enjoyed with his father. Historians refer to this era as the Age of Enlightenment. The unfinished Requiem, which Mozart imagined was for himself, is numbered K. Wolfgang evolved from a prodigy into a serious composer. " For the first few seasons, Mozart enjoyed an intoxicating popularity among the Viennese. Germany, 1976Levey, Michael The life and Death of Mozart. His earlier symphonies seem to give greatest importance to the first movement.
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