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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (1756-1791). General Info. Born in Salzburg Austria in 1756 Son of Leopold and Maria Anna Mozart Mozart was educated by his father Started playing music at age 4 First composition at age 5 Performed for royalty at ages 5 and 6 Played before Louis XV at age 9.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

  2. General Info • Born in Salzburg Austria in 1756 • Son of Leopold and Maria Anna Mozart • Mozart was educated by his father • Started playing music at age 4 • First composition at age 5 • Performed for royalty at ages 5 and 6 • Played before Louis XV at age 9

  3. Church Music • Began composing church music at age 12 • In late teens/early twenties he worked for Archbishop Hieronymous Colloredo of Salzburg • His masses were written for use in worship, not for performance • Archbishop insisted that mass not be prolonged by music and stay with 3 quarters of an hour

  4. Some Sacred Compositions Include: • 2 litanies—one in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, one in honor of the Blessed Virgin • 17 single movement works written for performance between the Epistle and the Gospel • 2 settings of the five Psalms and the Magnificat required for celebrating solemn Vespers • Many masses written for use in worship

  5. Mozart MissaC MinorKV 4271783 Credo in unum Deum

  6. Poietical Analysis • Created by the composer for his wife as a wedding gift • Because it was never finished, only parts of it were performed • First performance was october 26 at St. Peter’s • Marriage to Constanze

  7. Death of firstborn • Great success in Austria including several performances, even one in front of the emperor • Several new pieces created during this time • Mass never being finished suggests that it’s a minor work • Written during anxious period in his life

  8. Eisthesic analysis • Considered both a major and a minor work because of its incompletion • Was meant to be used at mass; however, could not be due to time restrictions by the archbishop. Thus mostly sung in performance setting. • Some believe that it was unfinished because of Haydn and Bach, suggesting that he was trying to keep up with them

  9. Bibliography Dyer, Joseph: ‘Roman Catholic Church Music, §IV, 4: The 18th Century: Salzburg & the church music of Mozart’, Grove Music Online (Accessed 9 April 2006) <www.grovemusic.com> Eisen, Cliff: ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, §1: Ancestry and early childhood’, Grove Music Online (accessed 9 April 2006) <www.grovemusic.com> Eisen, Cliff: ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, §2: Travels, 1763-73’, Grove Music Online (accessed 9 April 2006) <www.grovemusic.com>

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