Introduction to Mozart’s life
Mozart is one of the influential music composers of the classical era. He was born in Austria by year 1756 and died in 1791. He was a brilliant and successful composer and his life remains a complicated puzzle for so many people since during his young age, he seemed so much gifted more than any other person. During his young age, he composed so many compositions and most of his works were acknowledged by so many people. His compositions included concerts, symphonies, playing of piano, choral music, operatic, and chamber. It was his many compositions that led Mozart to be widely known and also recognized by so many people during his time. He is also among the most popular classical composers and most of his work had a lot of influence on most of the musicians today. His talents can be traced back to his father since his father was a deputy Kapellmeister to the court of the orchestra and also a minor composer.
He was an experienced teacher during the birth of Mozart since he published so many books some of which included the successful violin textbook among other successful books. Mozart developed much interest in keyboarding at a tender age whereby he could be seen spending most of his time playing the keyboard with fascination. This was one of the major activities in which Mozart loved so much doing and hence could spend most of his time in it. It is through this that his talents started developing. At the age of four, his father happened to know about his interest in playing the keyboards and hence started teaching him pieces at the clavier and he could play it with great delicacy and faultless. Surprisingly enough, at age five, Mozart could compose little pieces on his own and he could play these little pieces to his father whereby the father could help him write down the pieces for him. An example of the pieces which he played at the age of five was pieces like the andante and the allegro and he could play these pieces quite well. (Diamond, 1997).
Compositions
An example of his compositions is the opera which he composed when he was 24 and Idomeneo was his first mature opera seria. It was in opera that he demonstrated the mastery of his orchestral color which was also accompanied by the melodic line and recitations hence making it to be quite admirable. His opera was an experimental drama. This is just an example of the many compositions which he made and this shows his performance in music.
Mozart could even make higher progress even beyond what his father could teach him. His ability to compose his music was a great surprise to his father since the ability to play the violin was his composition. He also showed so many musical gifts at a very early age since he could compose his own at the age of five. He could also play before the Austrian empress and the Bavarian something which left so many people to admire him. It was during this time that he developed importance to music. He astonished so many audiences who came to listen to his many compositions with his precocious skills in which he played to most of the English and French royal families. (Diamond, 1997).
One of his music is the opera (Mitridate, Lucio Silla) and he performed this particular music in Italy which was attended by so many audiences. He has dressed in Italian styles something which motivated so many people to come and see. He also made so many visits to Vienna whereby he wrote a set of string quarters. Most of the media and the popular print have featured so much on Mozart. They are featured in education, parenting, and his music-oriented compositions. His childhood development in the line of music composition is a music lesson to so many people today in that it is through his work that many people have tried to follow his footsteps hence succeeding in life. He had a great passion for music and started composing at the age of five. So many musicians have learned a lot from his compositions since the many books and own compositions which he wrote are still influential today and so many people are using the same books so that they can advance their music. (Sadie, 2000).
Listening to Mozart makes someone smarter in that he was a talented composer and could make such beautiful songs that could attract so many people from all parts of the world. Among the 27 piano concertos which he wrote as personal vehicles consistently contain Mozart’s most subline orchestral writing which consisted of wind music. He produced so many pianos which could attract so many people. He was talented with playing the piano since we learn that during his early ages, he developed an interest in playing the piano and could spend most of his time playing his piano. It was due to this that Mozart developed his career in the music world. (Sadie, 2000).
One of the greatest Mozart prodigies in music was to be born by the year 1756 since it was during this period that there was a tonality and harmony in western music which had evolved in a purity level and great sophistications that makes the 18th century to be more envious on the great composer which was to be born. You find that it was during this particular period that music was very much valued hence it is through this that Mozart’s interest in music can be seen to develop so much. Most of the children born during that time ended up becoming musicians but not as great as Mozart. He also owes his success to his ambitious father who was always there to help him compose his music. This is because we learn that he could play his piano and let the father write it down for him. So this was a great period for Mozart to be born in a period when all the potentials for his career were all available and so much treasured. It was due to this that his music performance developed. His father was a good musician to know how extraordinary his son was. He grew up to have a love-hate relationship with his dear father. (Rosenthal, 2000).
Throughout the news, Mozart could be praised and seen as an extraordinary singer. Apart from his music, we also learn that he had a lot of money through his many compositions hence money went through him just like water. It was due to this that he grew up quite undisciplined, unworldly, and a soft watch. This happens to everyone who is exposed to such conditions since we know that money can sometimes be evil. So he developed to be an undisciplined child since he started earning at an early age. He devoted so much of his time and thought to his compositions. He said that “there is no a famous master whose music I have not studied over and over”. This clearly shows that he devoted so much of his time to doing music and that is why he could do so much in his music. His music was raucous and so joyous for one to listen to. He could also write melodies and hence many people inspiring to become musicians used him so much so that they could develop their careers.
These are just a few of his musical examples. (Rosenthal, 2000).
- Orchestral music which also included 40 symphonies
- Concertos which also included 27 for piano, concerts for clarinet, 5 violins, oboe, bassoon, flute among others
- Operas which included Idomeneo, the marriage of the figure, women are like that, and the magic flute
- Choral music which included the 18 masses plus other liturgical music
- Chamber music which also included string quintets, 23 string quartets, clarinet quintets, piano trios among others. He also did keyboarding.
Conclusion
Mozart can be seen as a true leader in that he has enlightened so many people. It is through his music that so many people have been in a position to realize their careers through his many works which inspired so many people.
References
Diamond, P. (1997): A Mozart diary: A chronological reconstruction of the Composer’s life, 1761-1791. Westport, Conn.
Sadie, S. (2000): The new grove Mozart. New York.
Rosenthal, A. (2000): Mozart’s thematic catalogue: A Facsimile. Ithaca. New York.