+ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart By Alexis Moon

+ Early Life – Learning Music Born in 1756 Musical family – began composing at age 5 Learned the keyboard, clavinet, and violin

+ Gaining Musical Fame Began work as a concertmaster Married and worked as a freelance artist Die Entfuhrung Chamber composer Financial ruin and stress

+ Final Stages of Life Broke through depression Struggled physically Died in 1791 – cause of death unknown

+ Compositions and Influences Composed a variety of works Heavily influenced by his father Joseph Hadyn

+ Sonata for Keyboard and Violin in F Major Written early in his life Composed during his grand tour of Europe Influenced by Johann Christian Bach

+ Sonata for Keyboard and Violin in F Major Performance by Gary Cooper, Rachel Podger, & Alison McGillivray Performance by Gary Cooper, Rachel Podger, & Alison McGillivray

+ Listening Guide 0:00When the song opens, the violin is playing the melody. The song starts out with a fast tempo. The notes are disjunct and happy, major chords. 0:07The harpsichord plays a series of quick scales unaccompanied, and then the cello enters. 0:25The harpsichord is keeping the beat, the violin is playing the melody, and the cello is playing the harmony. 1:08The harpsichord and the violin start over and replay the section at the beginning of the piece, and the cello reenters like before.

+ Listening Guide 1:33The timbre of the cello is really beautiful. The harpsichord and the violin are both playing fairly high on the staff, and the contrast of the cello playing in the bass clef sounds really nice. 1:57The tempo really begins to pick up, especially the harpsichord. 2:17Once again, the segment from the beginning is repeated. 2:40All three instruments start playing minor chords and the song briefly sounds darker.

+ Listening Guide 3:26The cello begins to play its notes shorter and more staccato, but not pizzicato. In contrast, the violin is playing very smoothly. 3:44The song returns to its main theme of upbeat and happy; the cello is playing lower on the scale this time than before. 4:07The song briefly gets darker and quieter. 4:19The instruments are still playing in the minor. 4:25The song returns to the major and gets louder and faster once again.

+ Listening Guide 4:47The tempo speeds up a lot, and once again the cello plays some shorter, more staccato notes. 5:12The first segment of the sonata, Allegro, concludes and Andante begins. When the song opens only the cello and harpsichord are playing. The tempo is much slower, lower, softer, and sadder sounding. It sounds like a lullaby. 5:43The violin enters and begins to play the melody. 6:00 The harpsichord is playing the melody. 6:25The violin takes back over the melody.

+ Listening Guide 7:00Through the song, the tempo has stayed consistently slower than the Allegro section of the song and it’s been played much softer. 7:40The tempo begins to slow even more; it sounds heavy, like the notes are being pulled. 8:27The volume begins to slightly get louder. 8:48The volume becomes quiet again. 8:55The song transitions into the major; the notes are sweeter and happier sounding.

+ Listening Guide 9:20The cello and violin are playing together in unison; the harpsichord is playing the melody. 9:47The song once again starts to sound more intense, and heavier. 11:06As this section of the song concludes, it gets slower and heavy and even quieter. 11:21Andante ends and Mennetto begins. The tempo of this segment is faster, but not as upbeat as Andante.

+ Listening Guide 11:33The violin plays two series of notes that are short and sound like sawing. 11:45 Several times the cello goes up and down the clef in one smooth, fluid transition. 11:52The violin continues to play “sawing” notes. 12:05The song gets slower, smoother, and heavier. 12:35The slower, low, heavy texture sounds like longing.

+ Listening Guide 13:00The violin is carrying the melody. 13:09There is a brief pause, then all three instruments comes back at a fast tempo. 13:19The tempo picks up even more. 13:36The finale is simple – all instruments stop playing together, with no dramatic change in volume and the notes don’t linger. They just stop playing.

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