Sunday 12 December 2010

Classical❷

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(Joannes Chrysostumos Theophilas Mozart)

     Wolfgang Amadeus mozart was aborn on Jan 27, 1756 in Salzbury. He was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works.And he acknowledged as  pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music.

     When he was tow years old, he wrote the first minuet of his life.And he also wrote the first Opera and Symphony No.1 when he was eight years old, in that time, Mozart was acknowledged as child prodigy.

About Mozart's family:
Father: Leopold
Mother: Maria Anna (died when he was 12 years old)
Sister: Maria Anna ("Nannerl")


     Mozart was made a lot of money by work for the church, and his father was so proud of him. Then the Pope of Rome wants Mozart works for him, but Mozart did not do that From this time, he fells in love with Aloysia Webber, who was a Opera singer(in that time, thought women who performed on stage were thought it was posititute), and moved to Vienna when he was 20 years old. 
    
     In that time, Mozart was not good with money, and his father find jobs that was work for Pope who was head of church for both of them(Mozart and his girl friend), and both goes back to Salzbury. But Mozart did not work for Pope, then he went to Vienna again. Then his dad introduces Aloysia to a man who was a member of Royal family(duke).And Aloysia married with the duke. For this reason, he married with Aloysia's sister which is named Constanza.The girl who was only love Mozart, but Mozart not really love her at first. From that, he wrote a Opera which called "Cosi fan tutti"(Women are like that) 

Cosi fan tutti(Women are like that)
Roles:
Don Alfonso              --old man
Guglielmo, Ferrando      --soldiers
Fiordiligi, Dorabella   --The two soldiers' girl friends
Despina                      --waitress

His other Opera:

Abduction of the seraglio
La clemenzi di titus
Le Nozze di Figaro
Don Giovanni
Die Zamberiflote
La finta semplice
Mitridate, re di Ponto
Lo sposo deluso (imcomplete)

    
                    Papagena and Papageno

     He died before he finishs his last piece of work "Lacrimisa", he only finished 9 bars of "Lacrimisa" of requiem, and he was died on fifth of December in 1791 when he was just 35 years old.
Mozart's monument

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