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    Schubert. All incredible composers in their own right, but Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the indisputable prodigy of the Classical music world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose full name is Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but was baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, which was part of Austria, and died on December 5, 1791, in Vienna (“Mozart: (3) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2: Travels, 1763-73.”). Mozart had six siblings, but only

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (La finta giardiniera) An opera can be defined as a dram a set of music which is made of vocal pieces having orchestral accompaniment as well, as orchestral overtures and interludes. In this discussion, I am going to write about Opera which was written in 1775 by Mozart (La finta giardiniera). The opera is assumed to be the first opera that was done by Mozart as part of his opera buffa which is of significance. La finta giardiniera can be translated as “The Pretend Garden-Girl”

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    Comparative Fugal Analysis The fugue is often regarded as a genre defined by strict procedural guidelines. It is notable that three historically important composers, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), all employed a closely related fugue subject in three different works. An analysis of each of these works individually, and a comparison of these works collectively reveal numerous latent and salient features, and a reflection

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a super talented composer who lived in the classical era between 1756 and 1791. At age of five Mozart was a highly competent composer with the key board and the violin. He wrote the first symphony at age of eight (Meerdter, 2009). He was the most influential composers of the classical era and his works had great influence on the western music. The Amadeus movie shows the fictional life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie starts with father Vogler who is going into

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    Mozart, also known as Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer who was recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western Hemisphere. Mozart was considered equal to Haydn and beethoven for he improved upon the Viennese Musical School. Some of the things that made Mozart different from other composers was that he wrote and practiced all genres of music, and was quite skilled at it as well. He also had a great amount of skill in his every one of the genres he has practiced

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was brought into the world on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria.. Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical Era. His parents were Leopold and Maria Pertl Mozart. Mozart showed musical talent at a very young age. At the age of 5 mozart was composing minuets. At the age of 6 he played before the Bavarian Elector and the Austrian Empress. His father taught him, which teaching Mozart wasn’t hard because he knew a lot already, his father was his largest

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    The Significance of Mozart’s Music in the Movie Amadeus Would producing a film without any background music be possible? Technologically yes, of course, but any filmmakers would not try to produce their movies without soundtracks because the images of films come truly alive when a soundtrack is added in the movie (Monaco 235). Although due to the underdevelopment of film techniques, many films in the 1920s were produced without music at first, after the progress of sound film technology, the film

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    Amadeus Shaffer

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    set. Before I read Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, I had ideas of how I wanted the set to look. They were visual and lacked a solid thematic vision and purpose. My initial ideas ranged from a dilapidated theatre (a la Follies) to a more conceptual, sterile set that could represent a wide range of places such as an insane asylum. I liked how these concepts looked but was unsure of how they could represent the era, setting, and themes of Amadeus. I then decided to read the play Amadeus (much later than I

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    battery, the invention of the piano, and the invention of the clarinet. The French revolution was also going on during the classical period which would have affected mozart's life. Many other things happened then, these are just a few.     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer in the Classical Time Period. He was born on

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    Many people compare the musical works of Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart because of the styles of music that they produced. They were also similar because of their age and the music period in which they created in. Throughout their lives these two composers had vastly different customs and behaviors. Each composer contributed to their own unique styles of music, however they continue to be a musical inspiration in today’s world. Many people of the early classical music period reacted

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