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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.

"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.

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.

Die Incantatio, die Beschwörung der Liebe − das ist die Grundstimmung in der Musik des Amadeus, unabhängig von den Auseinandersetzungen um Freimaurerhintergrund und Zauberflötenpathos. Mit diesem Hörbuch soll − in dem Rahmen eines fragmentarischen Porträts − vor allem versucht werden, Mozarts "heroische Leidenschaft" in einem größeren geistesverwandtschaftlichen Zusammenhang aufzuzeigen. "Ich küsse Dich 1000mal und sage in Gedanken mit Dir: Tod und Verzweiflung war sein Lohn!" (Mozart in einem Brief vom 11. Juni 1791 an Constanze Mozart).

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!

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.

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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.

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.

I would love to hear from you - click here to send Door Key a written message!This episode is about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or as I call him throughout the episode, Amadeus. This episode discusses his early life as a child prodigy, his travels through Europe during the late 1700s, his early death at 35, and how the life of one of that era's rockstars echos rockstars of our time's lives. Support the showSubscribe to the Door Key Substack newsletter FREE and paid options: https://doorkey.substack.com/Follow Door Key on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1040108179952433 ...

Gerhard Tötschinger erzählt Kindern auf einfühlsame Art und in wunderbar verständlicher Sprache Geschichten und Erlebnisse aus dem faszinierenden Leben Mozarts.

Dabei stellt er immer wieder berühmte und außergewöhnliche Werke des Musikers vor und macht so das Genie des Wunderkindes und größten Komponisten der Klassik verständlich.

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.

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.

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.

„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.

Die Zauberflöte ist eine der bekanntesten Opern und ein zeitloses Meisterwerk. Schon Kinder pfeifen den „Vogelfänger” und die Rachearie der Königin mit ihren waghalsigen Koloraturen ist unvergesslich. Die Musik Mozarts gepaart mit Schikaneders märchenhaften Libretto sorgt – damals wie heute – für ein Erlebnis, dem man sich nicht entziehen kann. Doch wie war das noch gleich? Warum zürnt die Königin der Nacht dem weisen Sarastro? Warum hat der eigentlich nochmal Pamina in seinen Tempel entführt? Diese Fragen und noch viele mehr wollen wir beantworten.

Tamino soll gemeinsam mit dem lustigen Vogelfänger Papageno die schöne Prinzessin Pamina befreien, die der gefürchtete Fürst Sarastro in seiner Burg gefangen hält. Damit ihr waghalsiger Rettungsplan gelingt, schenkt Paminas Mutter, die Königin der Nacht, den beiden eine Zauberflöte und ein Glockenspiel. Damit können die Retter Böses in Gutes verwandeln und wilde Tiere im Wald zähmen. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Märchenoper ist hier unterhaltsam erzählt. Durch die abwechslungsreiche Lesung mit musikalischen Höhepunkten wird die Handlung verständlich.

The greatest mind in Western music is examined by a National Book Award-winning writer on culture and psychology in this concise account of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The composer's unshakable hold on the public's fascination can only be strengthened by the historian and biographer Peter Gay's bold new perspective. His passionate and painstaking research reveals truths more fascinating than the myths that have long shrouded the maestro's life.

Figaro ist überglücklich. Seit Tagen repariert er das alte Baumhaus im Garten. Er plant, darin mit Susanna seine Hochzeitsparty zu feiern. Für die Party hat der Graf eigene Pläne, er will unbedingt Susanna, die Braut, küssen. Zur Freude aller tappt er nichtsahnend in die Falle, die Rosina und Cherubino ihm gestellt haben.

Der Prinz Tamino verirrt sich im Wald und wird von einer Schlange angegriffen. Edeldamen eilen ihm zu Hilfe. Gemeinsam mit dem Vogelfänger Papageno...