Mozart Enlightenment

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A classical period of the western music was generally between the baroque and romantic periods. It composed from 1750 to 1820 that characterized by a single melody with accompaniment the one voice carries the primary melody while another voice plays a simpler line that supports the melody. The musical texture of this period was homophonic which there is only one melody, and all the voices and accompaniments move rhythmically together. It can also use Galant style which was a light and elegant free homophonic style of musical composition in the 18th century with rococo ornamentation. The classical era has led to the concept of Enlightenment and how Enlightened through pertaining to the big three composers. The concept of Enlightenment was …show more content…

He was also an expert of the classical style in all its forms of his time. Mozart started showing his talents when he was just three years old. At age four, he started receiving his musical education and was taught by his father. At the following age, Mozart was able to compose the pieces that he would play for this father who wrote down the notes. When Mozart was six, his father took him and his elder sister on a tour of Europe to show their talents to the audience. He was an incredibly considered to be a rare musical genius, although he was also diligent in studying other great composers like Haydn and Beethoven. In 1763, his father planned Mozart went to the several Europe countries such as London, Paris, and several Germany cities to show his talent to the audience. Whenever he travels, he met Johann Christian Bach and other classical composers who would later influence his compositions. When Mozart was on the tour of Europe, it became clear that he was not only an excellent performer but was also interested in composing music himself. Mozart also had the opportunity to work in several musical genres composing symphonies, string quartets, sonatas and a few operas. He developed a passion for violin concertos producing what came to be the only five he wrote. In 1776, Mozart was growing discontent with his position as an assistant concertmaster and the confining environment of Salzburg. He was very …show more content…

He was probably the most famous and influential composer of all time. When he was young, Beethoven began his studies with his most important instructor in Bonn, Christian Gottlab Neefe, who was appointed the Court’s Organist in that year. Neefe taught Beethoven composition, and in 1783, he had helped him write his first published composition. He became deaf in the early twenties because he suffered loud noise in his ears that make it hard for him to appreciate music. The cause of deafness for Beethoven was unknown, but he has been attributed to typhus, auto-immune disorders, and even his habit of immersing his head in cold water to stay awake. In 1802, Beethoven felt anxious and wanted to commit suicide. He left Vienna to go to the small Austrian town of Heiligenstadt, where Beethoven resolved to continue living through his art. As a result of Beethoven hearing loss, he kept conversation books discussing music and other issues, and giving an insight into his thought. During the late period of Beethoven music, he incorporates more polyphonic styles of music from past composers. His musical output saw the least number of produced compositions. However, most of the compositions that were produced in the late period were his most ambitious and were. the most time consuming to write. It began with the defeat of Napoleon in 1815,