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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Slide 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Born in Salzburg, Austria Slide 3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Sound of trumpet would send him from room screaming. Didnt like flute either Was Compulsive. When he was learning math, he would fill the whole room (walls, floors, furniture) with numbers using chalk On a visit to France, proposed to Marie Antoinette at the age of 7! Slide 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Considered a child prodigy Began playing harpsichord at age 4 Began writing music at age 5 At the age of 5, began touring Europe with his family playing harpsichord Wrote his first opera at the age of 11 Slide 5 Symphony No. 40 The classical symphony typically contained four movements. 1 st movement - fast movement 2 nd movement - slow movement 3 rd movement - Minuet (dance in 3,4 time) 4 th movement - fast movement Mozarts Symphony No. 40 was one of only two symphonies that Mozart wrote in a minor key. Symphony No. 40 was completed in just a few weeks in July of 1788. Slide 6 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major was completed on March 9, 1785, four weeks after the completion of another concerto. This concerto has three movements Slide 7 Concerto Concerto a piece of music that features an instrument or instruments with the orchestra used as accompaniment Soloist a performer who plays alone Cadenza an ornamental passage performed by a soloist near the close of the composition, usually improvised Example from the 1 st mvmt. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vN0Vohbi2Y Slide 8 Listening Samples Symphony No. 40 1 st movement - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l45D AuXYSIs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l45D AuXYSIs Piano Concerto No. 21 2 nd movement - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZNt3 ESnf8Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZNt3 ESnf8Q