Mozart and Salieri Amadeus versus Actuality Amadeus (1984) won eight Academy Awards with its highly fictionalized account of the last ten years of the life of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie chooses to highlight the comparison between mediocrity and brilliancy; Mozart was obviously the superior of the two composers‚ and Salieri despised his own shortcomings. But as much Salieri was disgusted with himself‚ he was even more furious with Mozart. He vows to himself
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Did Salieri kill Mozart? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at 1 a.m. on 5th December 1791 at the age of 35. For the past two hundred years‚ Mozart’s death has been shrouded in mystery. The cause of Mozart’s death cannot be known with certainty. The official record say that he died of Rheumatic fever‚ he is known to have had three or even four attacks of it since his childhood‚ and this disease has a tendency to recur‚ with increasingly serious consequences each time‚ such as rampant
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been a topic of artistic‚ musical‚ and even psychological curiosity for eras. In the screenplay‚ Amadeus‚ Peter Shaffer not only sheds light into the charmed and mentally indignant life of the musician‚ but also uses a great amount of artistic license to enhance details concerning events during the period. By 1984‚ the film was modified from the screenplay and Shaffer oversaw the project under direction of Milos Forman. The director shaped an experience for viewers to
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and Mozart: Setting the Record Straight By A. Peter Brown "For the respect his works have commanded of musicians‚ and the popularity they have enjoyed among wider audiences‚ he is probably the most admired composer in the history of Western music." With this appraisal the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians‚ published in 1980‚ begins its magisterial article on Beethoven. More than a decade later one might not apply this statement to the Teutonic Goliath but to the David of Mozart. Not
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Antonio Salieri (August 18‚ 1750 - May 7‚ 1825)‚ born in Legnano‚ Italy‚ near the Austrian dukedom of Mantua‚ was a composer and conductor who received considerable public acclaim in his day. He studied violin and harpsichord with his brother Francesco‚ who was a student of Giuseppe Tartini. After the death of his parents‚ he moved to Padua‚ then to Venice‚ where he studied thoroughbass with Giovanni Pescetti. In 1766 Salieri met Florian Leopold Gassmann‚ who invited him to attend the court of Vienna
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Mon - Tue – Wed Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri is a songwriter who composed classical music mostly in the 18th century. Antonio Salieri was born on August 18‚ 1750 in the little Italian town of Legnago‚ which was part of the Venetian territory (Hille). Salieri was always into music even at an early age. He would listen to his brother play‚ who was a very good violinist‚ and was always anxious to hear him play at mass or at town events. "Misfortune soon struck the Salieri family with Antonio’s father
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was not only one of the greatest composers of the Classical period‚ but one of the greatest of all time. Surprisingly‚ he is not identified with radical formal or harmonic innovations‚ or with the profound kind of symbolism heard in some of Bach’s works. Mozart’s best music has a natural flow and irresistible charm‚ and can express humor‚ joy or sorrow with both conviction and mastery. His operas‚ especially his later efforts‚ are brilliant examples
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The joy of leaving Salzburg forVienna seems to have been musically inspiring‚ and the next few years wereprolific‚ not least in the composition of piano concertos: Mozart wrote 12between 1784 and 1786. The influence of J C Bach on Mozartwas significant. The two had met in London in 1764‚ when Mozart was still aboy. In 1772‚ Mozart created his first three piano concertos by rearrangingthree of J C Bach’s sonatas. Beyond the concerto structure‚ the detail ofMozart’s music suggests Bach’s influence
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27‚ 1756 as the seventh child of a musical family. Mozart’s mother and father’s names were Anna Maria and Leopold. Leopold was a musician with ambition while Anna Maria has a good sense of humor to balance him out. They had seven children‚ but only 2 lived beyond infancy (Wolfgang and his older sister Maria Anna). He was born in Salzburg‚ or modern day Austria. Mozart’s father was a successful violinist and renowned composer of the
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The rivalry between Ipad and PC users is well-documented and increasingly complicated. Each time a new gadget enters the marketplace‚ consumers have more decisions to make about how they want to check email‚ watch movies‚ download music‚ and surf the web. But outside the typical debate‚ what should an end user consider when deciding between an iPad and a laptop PC? At one time‚ the laptop was the height of portability‚ offering a slim‚ lightweight device that could be slipped into a bag or carrying
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