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 ...
The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) spans the years of musical Classicism. He was born when the new eclectic art was at the beginning of its prominence. His music was a true synthesis of styles, at a time of unique equilibrium between the invention and fulfillment of musical forms. During this period, Mozart completed ...
Wolfgang Amadeus wasn’t the only talented child in the Mozart family. He had an older sister, Maria Anna, who also toured Europe as a child prodigy. Maria Anna, known as Nannerl to her family, was the only one of Wolfgang’s siblings to survive infancy. Their parents, Leopold and Anna Maria had had seven children altogether, ...
Baby Einstein products, especially the Music Festival series (Baby Bach, Beethoven and Mozart) are designed based on the premise of the “Mozart Effect”, which inconclusively states that children who are exposed to classical music have increased cognitive development that will assist them in the school years and beyond. This was marketed as a way for ...
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, ...
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. ...
