Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Music

The Classical Spirit as portrayed in Amadeus The Classical period of music was from 1750-1825. Mozart played a huge role as a great composer in this time. He took on new challenges and different possibilities for music in this era. Classicism of music did not mean that it was strictly traditional. A lot of composers, including Mozart experimented with different materials. He also used a lot of romantic elements in his music. The classical style is based off symmetry of four-bar phrases and usually moves by small steps and has a narrow range. There are four movements of the Classical-Romantic era. The first movement is long, dramatic and written in sonata-allegro form. The second movement is slow, lyrical and is in a modified sonata-allegro form. The third movement is dancelike, moderately slow and is variably a minuet and trio. The last movement, the fourth, is lively, spirited and is a spirited rondo form. The movie gave a great aspect of Amadeus Mozart’s life. He was a very gifted child who composed music before the age of five. Mozart’s life was very different from most because he grew up composing and playing music for people including royalty. He never had a revised piece of music. Whenever Mozart chose to write on a sheet of music, that was the final product. Most people couldn’t grasp the concept that he could hear it in his head and then compose a wonderful work of music, without a single revision. People admired him deeply. Other composers wanted to be him or like him. He was always asked to compose a new piece and/or teach their daughters about music and how to play the piano. Mozart ended up establishing himself in Vienna as a struggling freelance musician. He then reached a peak in his career. Some of Mozart’s most famous pieces are, The Mariage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi an tutte. These were all produced in the late 1780’s. Society was absolutely astounded by his work. Mozart admired his father Leopold Mozart. He wanted his father