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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and celebrated composer of Classical music. His enormous output of more than six hundred compositions includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic, and ...
Violin. orchestra. The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, often referred to by the nickname "Turkish", [1] was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775, premiering during the Christmas season that year in Salzburg. It follows the typical fast–slow–fast musical structure.
Mozart's approach to composition. A surviving letter of Mozart's to his father Leopold (31 July 1778) indicates that he considered composition an active process: You know that I plunge myself into music, so to speak—that I think about it all day long—that I like experimenting—studying—reflecting. One cannot quite determine from these ...
Mozart. Symphony No. 21 in A major, K. 134, is a symphony that was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in August 1772. Structure. The symphony has the scoring of two flutes, two French horns, and strings.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. (412+514)/386b was written in 1791. The work is in two movements. Unusually, each movement received a distinct number in the first edition of the Köchel catalogue : The concerto is scored for solo horn, two oboes, two bassoons, and strings. This is one of two horn concertos of ...
16 July 1782. ( 1782-07-16) Burgtheater, Vienna. Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( German: [diː ʔɛntˈfyːʁʊŋ ʔaʊs dɛm zeˈʁaɪ]) ( K. 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich ...
Symphony No. 40 (Mozart) Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony", to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony", No. 25. The two are the only extant minor key symphonies Mozart wrote.
