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Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of 35 Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of 18th-century Europe.

Probably the most naturally gifted musician the world has ever known, Mozart began his career early as a child prodigy. By the age of five, he was already proficient in the violin, the harpsichord, and piano keyboard. He had also begun composing music that had integrity. Ludwig van Beethoven is a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in classical music. Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age. Listen to the full biographies of these two musicians, from the beginning to the end!

"The Magic Flute" - a full cast audio play featuring famous melodies and beautiful arias. Experience Mozart's most played fairy-tale opera "The Magic Flute" as an audio play, performed by esteemed actors, complemented by intricate sound designs and effects as well as plenty of original opera music. Each act is introduced with interesting facts about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). - Tamino, a prince lost in a foreign land, is being pursued by an enormous monster.

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Probably the most naturally gifted musician the world has ever known, Mozart began his career early as a child prodigy. By the age five, he was already proficient on the violin, the harpsichord, and piano keyboard, and had begun composing music that had integrity. He was a showman as well, according to contemporary documents, and charmed many of the crowned heads of Europe with his performance and his manner.

„Als ich ihn eines Tages besuchte, sagte er mir: „Eben hab ich ein kleines Duett für meine Oper beendigt, das Sie hören sollten.“ Er setzte sich ans Klavier und sang es. Ich war hingerissen, und die musikalische Welt wird mein Entzücken begreifen, wenn ich erwähne, dass es das Duett des Grafen Almaviva mit Susanna war, „So lang hab ich geschmachtet“. Etwas Köstlicheres wurde nie zuvor von einem Menschen geschrieben; oft ist es eine Quelle des Vergnügens für mich gewesen, dass ich der erste war, der es gehört.

This is the poignant and compelling story of perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all time. Copiously illustrated with examples of his music, it tells of Mozart's extraordinary childhood travelling the courts of Europe, and of how, after a brief period of fame in Vienna, his fortunes declined until his early death and last resting place in a pauper's grave.

Set against the music we know and love, Mozart, Beethoven, and many more come alive through their correspondence. Poignant, funny, revealing, informative and so often direct and honest, these letters offer a fascinating insight into the personalities that created our Western musical tradition.

A dangerous snake attacks Prince Tamino in the forest but three noble ladies protect him. Together with the bird catcher Papageno, Tamino is supposed to free Princess Pamina because the dreaded Sarastro has imprisoned her in his castle. Tamino and Papageno receive a magic flute and a glockenspiel from Pamina's mother, the Queen of the Night. The brave rescuers must overcome difficult tests, but the daring rescue plan succeeds. In the end, Tamino and Pamina, Papageno and his new girlfriend Papagena are happily in each other's arms.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a child prodigy who became an adult genius, died in debt and was buried in an unmarked grave in his adopted home of Vienna. Mozart needed no formal lessons in composition. He’d been composing since the age of five, and possessed astonishing musical memory, able to re-create whatever he heard or saw. He could mimic different styles and his travels, which were endless, gave him plenty to imitate whether sacred, dramatic or instrumental.

In this biography, written long before the significance of Mozart's work was fully realized, Holmes reveals the musician's character and genius, his struggles, his influence on art, and the brilliant reputations that surrounded him.

This is a story from the Famous People in History collection.

Like Jan Swafford’s biographies Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, Mozart is the complete exhumation of a genius in his life and ours: A man who would enrich the world with his talent for centuries to come and who would immeasurably shape classical music. As Swafford reveals, it’s nearly impossible to understand classical music’s origins and indeed its evolutions, as well as the Baroque period, without studying the man himself.

Un virtuoso. Desde niño, el extraordinario talento de este músico irrepetible dejó paralizada a Europa. Fue una luminaria, un gran teórico y un notable innovador de la composición musical. Pese a su prematura muerte (35 años) ha dejado a la humanidad un legado extenso que abarca todos los géneros musicales de su época.

Dieses Hörporträt beleuchtet in 15 Kapiteln Mozarts Jugend voll anstrengender Konzertreisen, das schwierige Verhältnis zu seinem Vater, Liebeleien und große Lieben, Mozarts Probleme, seine Kreativität mit seinen oft unterbezahlten Anstellungen zu vereinbaren sowie seinen frühen Tod.

Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. Mozart's gift and skill with instruments was also remarkable as he mastered all of them except the harp. For example, no sooner had the clarinet been invented and introduced than Mozart began playing and composing for it. In addition to his many insights into Mozart's music, Johnson also challenges the many myths that have followed Mozart, including those about the composer's health, wealth, religion, and relationships.

Ein ungesühntes Verbrechen, ein Mord und die Wette mit einem Toten. Es gibt nichts, wovor Don Giovanni zurückschrecken würde. Der junge Edelmann fürchtet sich nicht einmal dann, als ein steinernes Denkmal von seinem Sockel heruntersteigt, um ihn mit sich in die Hölle zu nehmen. Was für ein Opernstoff! Und doch fühlt sich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart so gar nicht wohl, als er im März 1787 mit der Komposition beginnt. Es geschehen merkwürdige Dinge.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ist nach heutigen Begriffen ein Superstar der klassischen Musik. 1756 in Salzburg geboren, begann das Wunderkind bereits mit 4 Jahren Klavier zu spielen. Sein viel zu kurzes Leben widmete er der Musik und dem Reisen, er komponierte über 25.000 Seiten Musik und verbrachte zehn Jahre seines Lebens im Ausland. Noch heute zählen seine Opern und Kompositionen zu den größten musikalischen Errungenschaften aller Zeiten.

"Zhizn' zamechatel'nyh ljudej" - pervoe v Rossii universal'noe sobranie biografij vydajushhihsja: artistov, muzykantov, hudozhnikov, pisatelej, polkovodcev i politicheskih dejatelej, uchenyh i filosofov raznyh jepoh i stran, napisannyh po istoricheskim i literaturnym istochnikam. Rekomendovano dlja shirokoj chitatel'skoj auditorii. Vol'fgang Amadej Mocart (nem. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756 - 1791).