465, a work that Haydn greatly admired, rapidly explodes a shallow understanding of Mozart's style as light and pleasant.īorn in Salzburg, Austria, from his earliest years Mozart had a gift for imitating the music he heard which his father believed was a gift from God. The slow introduction to the "Dissonant" Quartet, K. In all of Mozart's supreme expressions of suffering and terror, there is something shockingly voluptuous." Especially during his last decade, Mozart explored chromatic harmony to a degree rare at the time. In a paradoxical way, Schumann's superficial characterization of the G minor Symphony can help us to see Mozart's daemon more steadily. The famed writer on music Charles Rosen has written (in The Classical Style): "It is only through recognizing the violence and sensuality at the center of Mozart's work that we can make a start towards a comprehension of his structures and an insight into his magnificence. Clarity, balance, and transparency are hallmarks, though a simplistic notion of the delicacy of his music obscures for us the exceptional and even demonic power of some of his finest masterpieces, such as the Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K. The central traits of the classical style can all be identified in Mozart's music.
Many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire and are widely recognized as masterpieces of classical music. His enormous output includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Read Full Bio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart 27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) is among the most significant and enduring popular composers of European classical music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart 27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) is among the most significant and enduring popular composers of European classical music.
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