Mozart was a prolific composer, who wrote more than 600 works in his life, covering almost all the forms and genres. In his short life, he matured and developed the musical style of the classical period, and his works were widely regarded as typical of classical music, which had a great influence on later generations. Mozart was born in Salzburg, the holy Roman Empire, and showed extraordinary musical talent since he was a child. After years of traveling and touring, he has been a court musician in Salzburg since he was 17 years old, but he is still looking for a better position.
178 1 year, Mozart decided to get rid of the control of his father and archbishop. He resigned and went to Vienna for further study, earning both fame and fortune. However, due to poor financial management, he was penniless in his later years. During his ten years in Vienna, Mozart wrote many of his most famous symphonies, concertos, operas and vocal works.
Mozart was born in 1756 at No.9 Grain Hutong in Salzburg. At that time, it was the capital of the Archdiocese of Salzburg and belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. His father is the composer leopold mozart (1719-1787) and his mother is Anna Maria portal (1720-1778).
As the seventh child in the family, before his sister MariaAnna (nicknamed Nannerl) was born in 175 1, and from then until his birth, all three children and two children died at an early age. When he was born and baptized, he was named "Joanne Schlesostomos Wolfgang Huste O 'Fuehles Mozart".
"Theophilo" comes from Greek, which means "God's love". This name is equivalent to German "gottlieb", Italian "Amedeo" and Latin "Amadeus", but he was never called by this name before his death. Now, we know Mozart's name "WolfgangAmadeusMozart" is the name Mozart used in formal occasions.
Leopold, who was originally from augsburg (located in modern Germany), was a famous composer and experienced teacher. 1743, he was appointed as the violinist of his band by Leopold Anton von Firmian, then the Archbishop of Prince Salzburg. Four years later, he married Anna Maria. In the year when Mozart was born, Leopold published On the Rules of Violin Playing, which was well received. 1763 became the assistant music director of the band.
When Mozart's 7-year-old sister Nannier began to learn keyboard playing from his father, Mozart at the age of 3 showed his extraordinary musical talent. He not only has an absolute tone, but also has an extraordinary memory. At the age of five, he asked his father to teach him the harpsichord, and then he hunted the violin, organ and music creation. At this point, his ability soared. After learning to read, write or calculate, and even knowing how to read music skillfully, his worth is 65,438+.
In Mozart's childhood, his father was his only teacher. Besides music, he also taught him other languages and subjects. Leopold devoted himself to children's education, and Mozart often made progress beyond his father. Mozart's early works and violin playing skills showed his own precocity and originality, which not only shocked Leopold, but also made him gradually give up composing and actively cultivate Mozart.
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First, different stages
1, morning
During Mozart's early creative period, his works were deeply influenced by the musical style of Baroque period, especially in the aspects of architecture, literature and historical background.
2. Medium-term
In the middle of Mozart's creation, his works showed a relaxed, happy and simple and noble feature. His works reveal a feeling of "freedom", "longing" and "longing". Mozart's tour in Vienna was influenced by the most advanced art at that time, and he also learned more advanced opera and song creation techniques and harmony counterpoint. This laid a solid foundation for his future position in the field of opera and the unique harmony style formed in the accompaniment of artistic songs.
3. Late stage
Vienna, the last decade of Mozart's creation, is his most important creative period, and Haydn is the most important person who influenced Mozart during this period. During this period, Mozart's opera works were more complicated, the plots were more vivid, and the combination of music and stage was more consistent. In art songs, piano accompaniment plays an important role and participates in the "portrayal" of artistic images in songs.
Second, personal works
Mozart left more than 600 works to the world, and the order was out of order because the creation time was not indicated. His main works include 63 symphonies, divertimento 16, serenade 13, March 15, minuet 105, dance 172, piano concerto 27, violin concerto 5 and string 4.
9 piano ensembles, 43 violin sonatas, 23 piano sonatas, 15 operas, 4 oratorios, 4 oratorios, 50 religious choruses, 18 duets, 55 solo and orchestral songs and 32 songs.
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