An exhilarating life of Mozart

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Mozart composed his first symphony at eight. His father wrote that “every day God performs fresh miracles through this child”

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Youthful promise often wanes. With Mozart the reverse was true: his precocity only hinted at the wonders to come. Through him classical music may have found its most ideal expression. As Jan Swafford writes in his outstanding biography, Mozart’s compositions displayed “a kind of effortless perfection so easily worn that they seem almost to have written themselves”. He drafted quickly, often without needing to revise. He “could dispense delight by the yard”.

He is the subject of many biographies, but the leading one, by Hermann Abert, is 100 years old and 1,600 pages long. Mr Swafford, himself a composer and a programme-writer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, offers an updated, accessible and authoritative life, beautifully written and full of astute critical judgments and incisive notes on the works.

 

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Thanks, , for remembering the musical genius Mozart (27 Jan 1756 - 5 Dec 1791) on the eve of his anniversary.

Mozart is the musical Christ Tchaikovsky

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I learned to wave bye-bye when I was 8

Every 'GREAT MAN' ever. 'I was tortured as a youth and my gifts earned me ridicule! The world hated me & w/ 0 opportunity I prevailed against all odds! HERO' Truth: At least middle class, gifts were noticed early on and nurtured, connections gave him the opportunity to succeed.

Salieri about Mozart’s music in the movie Amadeus “ Displace one note and there would be diminishment Displace one phrase,and the structure would fall “

And, in what is a musical cliché, contrast his music with Beethoven's. All geniuses are not tortured and the work reflects it.

Requiem sounds like he's being hounded to death and trying to get everything down

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'He was admired but not adored in his time ' use to happen with genius and he is one of them without doubth the greatest musican along Beethoven

“By the time Mozart was my age, he’d been dead for 10 years.” —Tom Lehrer

This is what every parent of every child talent already knows -- that talent in children can be overwhelming. Sadly, such childhood talent doesn't usually age well as children start to lead lives of their own. Mozart's life was no exception. He burned bright and died too soon.

Salieri: “ This was a music I had never heard. ............... It seemed to me,I was hearing the voice of God.” Film Amadeus

'Trump wrote his at 2...'

Interesting... So u believe God exists...

It’s good that long after, people remember him for him, his genius talent and his amazing works instead of what the limited knowledge of his father said on him.

There were probably other kids producing symphonies at that time but they probably weren't socially connected. Just as there are kids these days making internet applications.

I’m kind of similar in that my father would attribute it to the guy down below.

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