Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBryan Marshall

Early Life

▪ Born: January 27, 1756▪ Family– Parents: Leopold and Maria Mozart– Siblings: Maria Anna Mozart

▪ Born in Salzburg Austria

Traveling

▪ Started traveling at 13▪ Traveled to Italy– Lasted from 1769-1773

▪ While traveling:– Rewrote the score Miserere from memory– Wrote two opera’s: Mitridate and Lucio– Wrote a Serenata and String Quartet

Asst. Concert Master

▪ Ordained Asst. Concert master in 1773 – Was only 17

▪ Wrote five violin concertos– His only violin concertos

▪ Wrote first piano concerto– No. 9 E flat major

Growing tired

▪ Left home town in 1777– Traveled with Mother Anna

▪ No success in finding work– Great opportunities, no luck

▪ Mother Anna Maria Dies– July 3 1778

The Imperial Court

▪ Returned home in 1778▪ Continued creating– Symphonies– Sacred works

▪ Opera was his main focus– Ideomeneo huge success

▪ Income▪ Taught Music, composed and preformed for locals

▪ Imperial Court– Met wife Constanze Weber.

Family Ties

▪ Marriage– August 04, 1782

▪ Kids– Six kids

▪ Famine-Only 2 of the 6 children survived

▪ Success– The abduction from seraglio

▪ Bach and Handel– The Magic Flute & Symphony #41

Beginning Catalog

▪ 1780’s– 22 concerts in 5 weeks– Began cataloging his music

▪ Lived lavishing lifestyle▪ Change in taste– Imperial Court favored Antonio

Salieri

▪ Worked with Lorenzo Da Ponte– The Marriage Of Figar– Don Giovanni

Highs and Lows

▪ Manic Depressive▪ Finished Most Famous Works– The Magic Flute– Final Piano Concerto in B Flat

▪ Started Requiem▪ Wealth increased, health did

not▪ Illness and death– Succumb to rheumatic Fever– Died on December 5, 1791

Mozart Requiem

▪ Requiem (Mass for the dead)▪ Mozarts Last Piece▪ Written for Count von

Walsegg’s wife▪ Who actually finished

Requiem?▪ What people really thought?

Requiem Listening Guide

▪ 0:03 Introit▪ 1:00 Dies Irae ▪ 1:30 Harmonies come to a

stop and the rhythm and tempo become very fast

▪ 2:20 The tempo ascends to a very fast pace,

Listening Guide Cont.

▪ 3:05 Rex tremendae (king) ▪ 3:51 the timbre changes

drastically becoming happier not as dark

▪ 4:50 the dynamic begins to disappear getting very quiet

▪ 5:43 dynamic gradually becomes louder, the harmonies become stronger.

Listening Guide Cont.

▪ 6:11 the volume becomes very loud

▪ 7:10 texture is thin with mostly voice and very little instrument

▪ 7:31 the dynamic ascends to a loud volume creating a sense of tension again

▪ 8:40 As the song comes to a close

Little Night Music

▪ Most recognized song of genre▪ Created in 1787▪ Who was it commissioned for?▪ Unpublished for 30years▪ published in 1827 by Johann

Andre

Little Night Music Listening guide

▪ 0:00 Theme 1 starts▪ 0:50 theme 2 starts▪ 1:58 Chorus▪ 2:12 Verse▪ 2:30 tempo begins to slow down▪ 3:44 melody and rhythm ascend

to a higher pitch

Little Night Music Listening guide

▪ 3:55 This is the moment that the Recapitulation begins, theme one starts.

▪ 4:41 Theme 2 starts with a softer sound then the previous repeats of theme 2.

▪ 4:46 there is a sudden change in tempo▪ 5:34 dynamic becomes very loud and

harsh suddenly.▪ 5:46 song ends

Works Cited

▪ "Mozart, (Johann Chrysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013

▪ "Wolfgang Mozart Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013.

▪ "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biography." Kidzworld. KidzWorld, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013

▪ "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart." Biography. 8notes, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013.

▪ "World Biography." Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biography. Encyclopedia of World Biography, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013.

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