1. MUSIC 1010 SEMESTER PRESENTATION Jeremy Taylor

2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Life Facts  Born: January 27, 1756  Died: December 5, 1791  Compositions: The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni  Movies: Don Giovanni, Idomeneo  Siblings: Maria Anna Mozart and Johann Karl Amadeus Mozart  Children: Fran Xaver Wolfgang Mozart and Karl Thomas Mozart

4. The Early Years  Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.  Competent on keyboard and violin  Composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty.

5. Employment at the Salzburg court  Mozart was employed as a court musician by the ruler of Salzburg, Prince- Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo

6. Mozart’s Opera Success  In January 1781, Mozart's opera Idomeneo premiered with "considerable success"

7. Married Life  Mozart faced a very difficult task in getting his father's permission for the marriage.  He married Constanze in St Stephen’s Cathedral August 4, 1782.

8. Mozart the Piano Soloist  Die Entführung aus dem Serail, was a great success. After this Mozart did little operatic writing for the next four years, producing only two unfinished works and the one-act Der Schauspieldirektor.  He focused instead on his career as a piano soloist and writer of concertos.

9. Listening guide  Symphony No.40, G Minor movement No.1  00:00- The main theme is presented in the violins over a series of pulsating octaves in the lower strings. The theme is in g minor and is divided into two balanced phrases.  00:20-Continuing strings and adding woodwinds to fill the melody.  00:30- Violins and woodwinds keep the melody and the rhythm going.  00:60- Theme 2 strings and woodwinds just ended the transition phase the dynamics are a bit softer.  01:30- Exposition closing section ascending chromatic scale, strings and bassoons. Motive tossed from one instrument to another.

10. Some of Mozart’s Works  Childhood symphonies (1764–1771)  Mozart had a number of from his early childhood  Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major  Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major  Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major  Symphony No. 4 in D major  Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major  Symphony No. 6 in F major  Symphony No. 7 in D major  Symphony No. 8 in D major  Symphony No. 9 in C major  Symphony No. 10 in G major  Symphony No. 11 in D major  Symphony No. 12 in G major  Symphony No. 13 in F major

11. Mozart’s Final Days  Mozart fell ill while in Prague on September 6, 1791.  Mozart was nursed in his final illness by his wife and her youngest sister  Requiem in D Minor was left unfinished when Mozart died  Mozart student Franz Xaver Sussmayr completed the piece in 1792  Mozart died December 5, 1791, at the age of 35  Mozart was buried at St. Marx Cemetery on December 7, 1791

12. References  http://bibliolore.org/2012/03/20/mozart-and- folk-proverbs/ http://bibliolore.org/2012/03/20/mozart-and- folk-proverbs/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_ Mozart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_ Mozart  http://forwardseeking.wordpress.com/2012/01/ http://forwardseeking.wordpress.com/2012/01/  http://thebigfoto.com/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart- symphony-40-in-g http://thebigfoto.com/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart- symphony-40-in-g  http://www.deviantart.com/morelikethis/1827654 22 http://www.deviantart.com/morelikethis/1827654 22