First Part Halle – Hamburg – Rome 1690-1712 It’s hard today to speak about Handel’s life and works without mentioning the similarities between him and Bach; first of all they were born in the same year:1685, even if it’s not a case than the most geniuses of the late baroque era (Couperin, Telemann Scarlatti ) ...
Through the dark, blizzard-swept streets of early nineteenth century Vienna, the plaintive cry of a tortured soul pierces the snow-riven night: “Mozart! Mozart! Forgive your assassin, Mozart! I confess I killed you!” Forgive me, Mozart!” …And thus begins the movie Amadeus, one of the most honored films of all times. Winner of 8 Academy Awards, ...
Amadeus is a biographical film about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It came out in 1984. The movie is 160 minutes and is rated PG. Antonio Salieri was played by F. Murray Abraham. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was played by Tom Hulce. Constante Mozart was played by Elizabeth Berridge. Leopold Mozart was played by Roy Dotrice. The film ...
During both the Baroque and Classical eras, music was being written in a lot of the same genres (opera, oratorio, concerti, sonati, and so on), but the baroque sonata da chiesa (church sonata) was replaced by the solo sonata. Most sonatas were written for keyboard, but some were written for other instruments. The trio sonata, ...
In The Mood For Mozart: Smorg’s 10 Favorite Mozart Arias Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1740 – 1779) was a marvelously versatile composer. That he had a great musical gift for melody is well established, but what really made him great was his ability to capture drama and emotions in written notes with great fidelity in a ...
Most casual listeners of Mozart know that he was from Salzburg, Austria, and that he moved to Vienna as a young man in order to pursue musical fame. But what most people don’t know is that Mozart had a very special relationship with the city of Prague, Czech Republic. Beyond his well known Symphony No. ...
In a previous article I discussed the various female operatic voice types. It is now time to talk about the male voices. TENOR In traditional operas, the hero is usually a tenor. This is the highest-pitched of the natural male voices. Like their soprano counterparts, tenors come in a few different types. The highest and ...
Mozart is perhaps the most renown composer of all time. In his opera “Don Giovanni” Mozart weaves a tale of morality, betrayal and the powers of persuasion. With Don Giovanni’s demise at the end of the opera, one gets the message that every sinner will meet their fate eventually. There is no way to escape ...
In the world of popular royalty free classical music the following famous composers’ musical works certainly rank at the top. So as a tribute to them and their creativeness, here is a short biography for each of these geniuses. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a prolific German composer and organist in the Baroque ...
