Mozart original sheet music for sale8/2/2023 352ġ2 Variations on "La belle Francoise" K. 264Ĩ Variations on the March "Mariages Samnites" K. 179ĩ Variations on "Lison Dormait" by Dezede K. 25ġ2 Variations on a minuet by J C Fischer K. 365ħ Variations on "Willem van Nassau" K. "He roused my admiration when I was young he caused me to despair when I reached maturity he is now the comfort of my old age." (Rossini)ġ2 Variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman) K. "Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music." (Tchaikovsky) It is as though the world-spirit wished to show that here is pure sound, conforming to a weightless cosmos, triumphant over all chaotic earthliness, spirit of the world-spirit." (Alfred Einstein) "No earthly remains of Mozart survived save a few wretched portraits, no two of which are alike the fact that all the reproductions of his death-mask, which would have shown him as he really was, have crumbled to bits seems symbolic. "I only wish I could impress on every friend of mine, and on great men in particular, the same depth of musical sympathy and profound appreciation of Mozart's inimitable music that I myself feel and enjoy then nations would vie with each other to possess such a jewel within their frontiers" (Haydn) "I care very little for Salzburg and not at all for the archbishop: I shit on both of them." Quotes about Mozart ![]() Yet no one of all my acquaintances could say that in company I am morose or disgruntled." "I never lie down at night without reflecting that - young as I am - I may not live to see another day. To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it, or so incomprehensible that it pleases simply because no sensible man can comprehend it." "The golden mean, the truth, is no longer recognized or valued. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied." I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. "It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. Mozart was buried in a communal, unmarked, grave according to the 1784 laws in Austria. This event has given rise to endless speculation – but it’s unlikely that he was poisoned and Salieri most probably had nothing to do with it. Contrary to legend, it appears that he was in quite good cheer until he died of uncertain causes towards the end of the year. His last year, however, was one of great productivity and personal recovery, and resulted in some of his most admired works: the opera Die Zauberflöte, the final piano concerto, the Clarinet Concerto, and the unfinished Requiem. ![]() Toward the end of the decade, Mozart´s career declined he had to borrow money and move his family to cheaper lodgings in the suburbs. Mozart became a Freemason in 1784, in the same lodge as Haydn, and worked fervently and successfully to convert his father before the latter´s death in 1787. ![]() He developed a friendship with Haydn and became more closely acquainted with the music of Bach and Handel. His Viennese career took off quickly: the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail was a great success and he began a series of concerts at which he premiered his own piano concertos as conductor and soloist. The following year, Wolfgang married Constanze Weber, Aloysias sister, against his father´s wishes. Their relationship ended when Leopold ordered his son to Paris, where he spent some unhappy months: his mother who had accompanied him there fell ill and died.īack in Salzburg, Mozart became increasingly rebellious, fell out of favour with the Archbishop and was dismissed, in his own words, "with a kick in the seat of the pants". Another tour took Mozart to Mannheim, the town with Europe’s best orchestra, where Mozart fell in love with Aloysia Weber. In Rome, after hearing Allegri´s Miserere in the Sistine Chapel, he went home to write it out in its entirety from memory. He made three tours of Italy, developing his interest in opera. Back in Salzburg the thirteen year old Mozart was appointed Concert Master at the Salzburg Court by the Archbishop. He made several European journeys along with his father and older sister Nannerl. At age five, the boy had written his first compositions and could play the piano blindfolded. ![]() Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756-1791) father Leopold gave up his own composing to give little Wolfgang intensive musical training.
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