I am reviewing Symphony Number 40, Movement 1 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart completed this symphony in the year of 1788. This was one of the pieces that he wrote closer towards the end of his life. What I noticed first of all is that the piece sounds dark. It almost has a spooky or sad feeling to it, which helps me recognize that the piece is in a minor key (G minor to be exact). The melody can be heard clear by the violins as they quietly start off. You can also hear, very faintly, in the background
Background I chose to compare the two works of Mozart and Beethoven in different movements above as Mozart usually has the first movement of his symphonies quite striking and likeable whereas Beethoven likes his fourth movement to end heroically and very striking. Therefore I will compare the two works from the two composers mentioned above with relation to their heroic movements. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific composer of the classical era. Ludwig van Beethoven is a German composer and pianist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Born Jan 1756 – 5 Dec 1791), Salzburg, Austria was a famous composer who created strings of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that deeply shaped classical music. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of classical music. Mozart was lucky to be born in musical family. His father Leopold was a court musician and composer who wrote a significant dissertation on violin playing. At an early age Mozart had an extraordinary
MUSICAL ART OF MOZART, HAYDEN AND BEETHOVEN THEIR SYLE OF MUSIC Great composer Wolfgang Mozart was the first who write music for that instrument which had only just become popular at that time and is known as Piano. Mozart compose almost each and every type of music like solo concerts, operas, symphonies, chamber music with specialty in string quintets and string quartets, and the famous one piano sonata.[ "Andante in C major, K.1a (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)".21 April 2014] Another legend Joseph
When comparing and contrasting the Baroque and Classical periods, they have a few musical features in common, but plenty that are different. In the four pieces of music I have chosen, “I Want To Die,” “Little Fuge,” “Symphony No. 40,” and “Symphony No. 5,” all show how the progression from the Baroque period to the Classical period through different musical features. In order to better understand these pieces, I have shown how the historical narrative relates to these pieces and what to look for
appointed the director of chamber music at the Court in 1750. He then performed in Paris and died on his return to Germany at the age of thirty-nine. Genres Orchestral genre Title: Silfonia a 4 in F major Year: 1750 Duration: 11:40 minutes Symphonies genre Title: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 11/3 Year: 1754 Duration: 16:46 minutes Concertos genre Title: Clarinet Concerto in B flat major Duration: 16:03 minutes Biography Johann Stamitz was a crucial player in the classical period. As a