Don Giovanni

The youngest child of Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Pertl, Wolfgang Amadeus was born in Salzburg on January 27, 1756. Considered by many to be one of the greatest musical prodigies in history, by the age of three he was already a keyboard-player and violinist. By five he was composing symphonies. Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), his father, undertook complete responsibility for the tutoring of Wolfgang and his elder sister Maria Anna ('Nannerl'), an extremely gifted keyboard player in her own right.

masterpiece in every genre of classical music without much apparent effort. Original and completed music poured out of his mind and his music scores showed little correction. His wife, Constanze, said that he wrote out the overture of his opera Don Giovanni on the day of its première. Mozart was born on 27 January, 1756, and

In 1751, Mozart's sister, Nannerl, was born. On January 27,1756, in Salzburg,Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. Mozart learned to play the clavier at age three, in 1759. Mozart composed his very first melodies in 1760. In 1762, Mozart taught himself to play the violin and Mozart and Nannerl were invited to play for Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna. In 1763, Mozart and Nannerl performed in Germany, Belgium, France, and England;the artist Lorenzani painted the children's portraits.

An aria from Barbiere that incorporates many of the typical buffa elements is 'La calunnia é un venticello' from the first act. Often called the 'Calumny aria', La calunnia is the first aria sung by the unscrupulous music teacher, Don Basilio. He sings to Bartolo about defaming Almaviva through calumny, malicious lies. The aria opens slowly, softly in D major as Basilio describes his slander as a gentle breeze which begins to gather force. Rossini's orchestration embodies this concept

Several of his twenty-two operas gained worldwide recognition soon after his death, and they still please audiences all over the world. The Marriage of Figaro (1786) and Don Giovanni (1787) are operas he composed with words in Italian. The Magic Flute (1791) has German words. Each of these contains arias (beautiful melodies for singers), recitative (Rapidly sung dialogue), ensembles in which several people sing at the same

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energetic when Miss Hannigan yells at the kids, and mischievous when the kids prank her with a toy mouse. Another difference between musicals and operas is that the curtains close in between scenes as the props are changed. In the version of Don Giovanni that I watched, the curtains stayed open the entire time. The songs in the musical function to show a deeper snapshot of the characters’ lives instead of show actions like they did in the opera. Through the songs that are sung, we learn about

Mozart was a prolific and most influential composer of the classical era. As a mere toddler he began to observe his sister’s lessons with their father, developing a keen ear, and showing signs of surprising comprehension. His father, Leopold, was himself a successful composer, violinist and assistant concert master of the Salzburg Court. Both Mozart and his sister were tutored by their father, a dedicated and task-oriented pedagogue. Young Mozart progressed anon, excelling even above his father’s

Who was the composer who made the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake hmmmmm I think that as Mozart no. To start off Tchaikovsky was the second of six children. The mom that gave birth to those six Children was Ilya Tchaikovsky. She was a manager of the Kamsko-Votkinsk metal works.the father, Alexandra Assier,was a descendant of French émigrés. His earliest fascinations came from a orchestrina, which is any of a group of small keyboard instruments related to the harmonium,. Furthermore, At

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 Andrew McGuire Dr. Burkart MUSHIS 200 11/19/2012 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prodigy of his time, and arguable the greatest of all time. This paper will discuss an analysis of his third string quintet in C major, K. 515. Through this piece in Sonata Form we will dissect the exposition, the development, the recapitulation, and the coda; along with an analysis of the quintet we will briefly discuss parts of Mozart’s life, as well as