1、Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756 1791),What style,His first,influenced,works,married,IntroductionMasterpiecesBirth and familyLifeStyleSignificance,Dates: Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg,AustriaDied December 5, 1791 in Vienna,AustriaNationality: AustrianStyle/Period: Classical Famous Works: Mozart wrot
2、e over 600 works during his lifetime, including 41 symphonies and 27 piano concertos. His works were widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber，piano, operatic, and choral music, and he is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.,Achieve-ments,The Marriage o
3、f Figaro费加罗的婚礼 Don Giovanni 唐璜 The Magic Flute 魔笛 Requiem 安魂曲 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik G大调弦乐小夜曲 The Marriage of Figaro, which he wrote for the Vienna Opera,is one of the worlds best-known opera houses. Don Giovanni, another successful opera he wrote in 1787. The Magic Flute, written in 1791, just befo
4、re he died later the same year.,Mozart was born in Salzburg in Austria, into a musical family, and at a very early age he began to show indications of prodigious abilities. Mozarts father Leopold Mozart (17191787) was also a minor composer and an experienced teacher. his sister Maria Anna,birth and
5、family,A) Until 1773 Mozart was completely under the direction of his father. He did not go to school. B) The traveler In January 1762 Mozart was taken to the court of Maximilian III in Munich. Half a year later he went to Vienna to exhibit his musical genius at the Imperial Court. As a teenager he
6、traveled to the famous opera centers of Italy.,life,C） Started to compose music before age five. D） At age 25 he moved to Vienna to be a free artist. F） Married Constanze Weber, a German, in 1782. G） His last work was the Requiem.H）He died in 1791, and because of his debts he was given the poorest c
7、lass of funeral, and was buried in a paupers grave.,ClassicalGalantBaroquePhrygianClarityBalance Transparency,style,Influence,Mozart has made a great influence on later composers through the example of his works. Follow the surge in his reputation after his death, the study of works by Mozart became
8、 part of the training of every classical musician.,A number of composers have paid homage to Mozart by writing sets of variations on his themes. For instance, Beethoven, one of the great minds in music, was closely acquainted with Mozarts work as a teenager.,Beethoven (17701827) - a German composer,
9、Difficulties1. Loss of hearing 2. Romantic difficulties three periodsmusical influence List of works by genre,1. Loss of hearing,Around 1796, Beethoven began to lose his hearing.He suffered a severe form of tinnitus(耳鸣), a “ringing“ in his ears that made it hard for him to perceive and appreciate mu
10、sic; he also avoided conversation. Beethovens personal life was troubled. His deafnessled him to contemplate(企图的 )suicide,Beethoven used a special rod attached to the soundboard(共鸣板) on a piano that he could bitethe vibrations (振动)would then transfer from the piano to his jaw to increase his percept
11、ion of the sound. A large collection of his hearing aids such as special ear horns can be viewed at the Beethoven House Museum in Bonn, Germany.,2. Romantic difficulties,The women who attracted Beethoven were unattainable because they were either married or aristocratic. So Beethoven never married i
12、n all his life.,The three periods,Beethovens compositional career is usually divided into three periods. Early (Classical) period (1780-1802) Middle (Heroic) period (1803 -1814) Late (Romantic) period (1815-1827),musical influence,one of the giants of classical musiche is referred to as one of the “
13、three Bs” (along with Bach 巴赫and Brahms勃拉姆斯) a pivotal (关键的)figure in the transition from 18th century musical classicism to 19th century romanticism he continued the work of Haydn (海顿)and Mozart(莫扎特)in expanding and loosening the structures and becoming increasinglyreliant on motivic(乐旨) development,List of works by genre,Orchestral music管弦Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (“Eroica”) 英雄Symphony No. 5 in C minor (“Fate”) 命运Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”) 田园 Chamber music室内乐 Solo piano music钢琴曲Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor (“Tempest”)暴风雨 Vocal music声乐,
