From 1770 to 1820, the Classical Period had given us great musicians that we can learn from. One of these great musicians from this time is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He created a variety of piano concertos, symphonies, and operas, during his life. His time in Vienna has impacted many cultural changes there and changed the way music was look at. His music was truly one of a kind, for his time.
Before moving to Vienna in 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He was the last of his seven siblings, most of them died at childbirth. Music was already a prime objective in Mozart’s home. At a young age, Mozart was showing to be a child prodigy. According to John Rosselli‘s The Life of Mozart, though not knowing any music …show more content…
People who had heard/saw Mozart on his tour was shocked at the young musician’s skills. He could read music fluently, performed on the keyboard and violin, and show great improvisation skills. Mozart and his sister displayed their talents even in the courts around Europe. Most of these meetings were set up by their father, Leopold Mozart, to get his children the recognition that they deserved. Some of the courts they visited were the Elector of Bavaria at Munich, the prince-bishop seat in Passau, Austrian Netherlands’ Habsburg princes, nobility in Milan (15). Other places on the Mozart family European tours, according to pg. 15 of Rosselli’s book, were Linz , Pressburg (now Bratislava), south and west Germany, Belgium, Paris, London, Holland, Burgundy, Geneva, Swiss cities, more German courts, Vienna (this was in 1767-1768), and major cities in Italy. The touring helped young Mozart develop his unique musical style. He absorbed all the different styles he learned from the various cities, and incorporated them into his …show more content…
Though, he already had written some operas in Milan, those were serious opera, which had a declining popularity. Mozart introduced opera buffa and singspiel to Vienna. Opera buffa was a new genre of music that replaced opera seria and it was new and exciting. Opera buffa is a form of comic opera. An example of this is Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, which is also a collaboration with Lorenzo da Pointe. Lorenzo da Pointe was Mozart’s librettist and helped Mozart create The Marriage of Figaro. The Marriage of Figaro was about two people, Figaro and Susanna, planning their wedding, however the Count of the House lusts for Susanna and the Countess is upset at her husband’s affair. The whole opera is full of various twists and turns where Figaro is plotting to catch the Count in the act of attempting to court his fiancé. The opera was originally banned in Vienna because it was politically sensitive at the time. The opera’s main character, Figaro, is a servant and it was unheard of to have a servant as a lead. This opera is most making fun of the aristocrats and their apparent affairs with their
Before moving to Vienna in 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He was the last of his seven siblings, most of them died at childbirth. Music was already a prime objective in Mozart’s home. At a young age, Mozart was showing to be a child prodigy. According to John Rosselli‘s The Life of Mozart, though not knowing any music …show more content…
People who had heard/saw Mozart on his tour was shocked at the young musician’s skills. He could read music fluently, performed on the keyboard and violin, and show great improvisation skills. Mozart and his sister displayed their talents even in the courts around Europe. Most of these meetings were set up by their father, Leopold Mozart, to get his children the recognition that they deserved. Some of the courts they visited were the Elector of Bavaria at Munich, the prince-bishop seat in Passau, Austrian Netherlands’ Habsburg princes, nobility in Milan (15). Other places on the Mozart family European tours, according to pg. 15 of Rosselli’s book, were Linz , Pressburg (now Bratislava), south and west Germany, Belgium, Paris, London, Holland, Burgundy, Geneva, Swiss cities, more German courts, Vienna (this was in 1767-1768), and major cities in Italy. The touring helped young Mozart develop his unique musical style. He absorbed all the different styles he learned from the various cities, and incorporated them into his …show more content…
Though, he already had written some operas in Milan, those were serious opera, which had a declining popularity. Mozart introduced opera buffa and singspiel to Vienna. Opera buffa was a new genre of music that replaced opera seria and it was new and exciting. Opera buffa is a form of comic opera. An example of this is Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, which is also a collaboration with Lorenzo da Pointe. Lorenzo da Pointe was Mozart’s librettist and helped Mozart create The Marriage of Figaro. The Marriage of Figaro was about two people, Figaro and Susanna, planning their wedding, however the Count of the House lusts for Susanna and the Countess is upset at her husband’s affair. The whole opera is full of various twists and turns where Figaro is plotting to catch the Count in the act of attempting to court his fiancé. The opera was originally banned in Vienna because it was politically sensitive at the time. The opera’s main character, Figaro, is a servant and it was unheard of to have a servant as a lead. This opera is most making fun of the aristocrats and their apparent affairs with their