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Mozart left a huge production of dances for orchestra in different genres, including more than 100 minuets, over 30 contra dances, over 50 allemandes (Teitsch, Ländler, or German Dances), a gavotte (French folk dance) and ballet and pantomime music.
(more) Mozart was no revolutionary. Receptive to the influence of others, he rejected more than he assimilated, transforming all into a uniquely personal idiom. Several of his symphonies were used as opera overtures, but the best ones are so complete in themselves as to make their use as incidental music unthinkable to modern taste.
Style. Mozart's music, like Haydn's, stands as an archetypal example of the Classical style.
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Jun 1, 2023 · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was an Austrian composer who wrote a wide range of works including piano concertos, string quartets, symphonies, operas, and sacred music.
- Mark Cartwright
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known for being an Austrian composer of all types of music, including piano concertos, operas, symphonies, and chamber m...
- Mozart's most famous operas are: The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), Cosi fan tutte (1790), and The Magic Flute (1791).
- Mozart died of ill health aged 35. The most likely cause of death was kidney disease and rheumatic fever combined with poor medical treatments. Sug...
Mozart composed 23 works (plus 7 arrangements) for piano and orchestra from 1773 to 1791. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's concertos for piano and orchestra are numbered from 1 to 27. The first four numbered concertos and three unnumbered concertos are early works that are arrangements of keyboard sonatas by various contemporary composers.
Jan 31, 2024 · One of Mozart’s greatest musical triumphs, the ‘Coronation’ Mass is one of his lighter works in this vein – one where he wasn’t fearful of his own death. Written when the composer was just 23, this mass is regal and grand, showcasing classical choral music at its best.
The “late” symphonies—the Prague, composed in 1786, and the hallowed final triptych (K. 543, 550, and 551), completed within nine weeks of each other during the summer of 1788—are inspired in their colorful orchestration, variety of character and texture, harmonic inventiveness, and wealth of thematic ideas.
