Posted on 01/27/2016 6:15:30 PM PST by EveningStar
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was born January 27, 1756.
He died December 5, 1791.
One of my favorites.
Truly, Mozart just had this natural gift for the math of the beauty in life.
39 40 41 flow together
This is Harnoncourt conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Epic stuff, far removed from the slapstick of the magic flute
or the pop Ein klien nachmusik, all of which are great.
Harnoncourt conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Publius, I offer my gratitude again.
oops meant the link at post 14
The most beautiful music on all of youtube,
Do Texans listen to this stuff or read books? ;)
I do both! :)
A phenomenal film.
Liked the red violin too.
:)
Written near the end of his life, although it took him away from the Requiem when he had little time left. The Allegro section is of ethereal beauty.
Mozart's last piece was his Requiem, for which he was commissioned by a nobleman who intended to pass the piece off as his own. He never finished it, and one of his students completed the work. More recently, others have taken Mozart's score and finished it in their own different ways.
Mozart set the Kyrie as a fugue in D minor, which is natural because of the repetitive nature of the Greek words. D minor is also the Viennese key of death thanks to "Don Giovanni." But this is Mozart wearing his size 15 triple-E boots, and it's one of his very finest works in counterpoint. No composer after Mozart dared to set the Kyrie as a fugue again.
Mozart does something at the end that is astonishing. He ends with a D chord with an open fifth (D-A-D). He leaves out the F or F# which would indicate whether the chord is D Major or D minor. But tonal ambiguity is not what he is attempting. There is no doubt that this is D minor. That open fifth is often used to illustrate space, and it is usually the space above, such as the sky. But in the last chord of the Kyrie and during the few seconds of its decay, Mozart gives a glimpse of the space below: the abyss. It's hair-raising.
John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir.
Benjamin Franklin invented the Glass harmonica
I thought I invented it with a wet drinking glass while pondering ;)
Goodnight gentlemen
Happy birthday Mozart, hat tip Mr Franklin.
Youse guys were Rock Stars!
He left in a blaze of glory
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