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May 15, 2024 · Requiem in D Minor, K 626, requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, left incomplete at his death on December 5, 1791. Until the late 20th century the work was most often heard as it had been completed by Mozart’s student Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Later completions have since been offered, and the most favourably received among these is one by ...
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2 days ago · Signature. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as ...
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6 days ago · Mozart in 1786 - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. National Radio Series 2023–2024. 36. Mozart in 1786. First Aired May 22, 2024. 0:58:59. audio Audio / Radio Program. 1. Introduction.
4 days ago · The music’s drama is achieved by the simple, largely homophonic texture, and the interplay of the two chorus parts with that of the organ. Stainer breaks into an imitative texture at the words ‘and the house was filled with smoke’ and again in the final verse section, which is reminiscent of a Victorian part-song.
May 8, 2024 · Concerto No. 17 pulls us into to a magical drama of conversing instrumental voices. It is music which seems to have drifted out of an imaginary Mozart opera. In these musical lines, we get a sense of what is being said, even without words and a specific plot. The woodwind voices (flute, two oboes, and two bassoons) play a particularly prominent ...
Leopold Mozart dominated his son's life from the start. When Leopold realized that his children, Marianne and Wolfgang, possessed prodigious musical talent, he made them his source of wealth and fame. Their grand tour of 1763–66 made them the sensation of Europe and turned Wolfgang into the child wonder by which we still measure prodigies ...
May 8, 2024 · The Music Itself. Elvira Madigan is a piano concerto that is typically performed as either a solo performance or as part of a larger orchestra. The piece is notable for its use of the piano, which is used to great effect to convey a sense of melancholy and longing. The piece is relatively short, coming in at just under 6 minutes in length.
