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Even from the perspective of time, it is nearly impossible to grasp the full contribution made to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his brief and glorious life. He composed his first symphony at the age of 8 and reached full artistic maturity by the time he was only 20. And when he died at the age of 35, he left a legacy of more than 600 works of brilliance - symphonies, chamber music, operas, and more - most composed during an incredibly productive
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At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart's singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his social life, with tremendous gusto. His circle of friends...
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Enjoy an All-Mozart programme at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, a reduced ensemble of the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra brings to life the music's manifold characteristics through the translucency of the part-writing. Whether light-heartedness, song-like lyricism, drama or inspired polyphonic writing, everything breathes the spirit of Mozart. Time and again, critics have praised the orchestra's stylistic assurance,...
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Composed in 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Jupiter Symphony" is regarded as the epitome of the classical symphonic form. Conductor Hartmut Haenchen presents his personal view of this masterpiece using examples from concert footage with the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra. Recorded live at the Berlin Konzerthaus in November 2005.
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Nannerl Mozart, sister of the famous Wolfgang, has a gift for music and wishes to be remembered forever--but for a woman in eighteenth-century Europe, that is never going to happen. She is allowed to perform only until she is of marriageable age--on order of her tyrannical father--but when her younger brother begins to eclipse her skills, she begins to despair of her life. Then, a mysterious stranger from a magical world arrives with an irresistible...
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A brief biography in infographics of the great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Highlights the important people in Mozart's early through late life and the key world events and ideas circulating in the public during his lifetime, such as the American Revolution and ideas from the Age of Enlightenment. Includes a glossary.
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A simple biography of the man who composed such musical works as "The Magic Flute."
19) The magic flute
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Retells the story of the Mozart opera, in which the noble Prince Tamino seeks the fair Pamina against a backdrop of the battle between darkness and light.
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Amadeus meets Little Women in this irresistibly delightful historical novel by award-winning author Stephanie Cowell. The year is 1777 and the four Weber sisters, daughters of a musical family, share a crowded, artistic life in a ramshackle house. While their father scrapes by as a music copyist and their mother secretly draws up a list of prospective suitors in the kitchen, the sisters struggle with their futures, both marital and musical—until...