Mozart's biography

Hello!! If you are interested in Mozart, you wil find some information about him.

Mozart was born in 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He was the youngest of seven children, five of whom died in infancy. He was baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, but his parents and his big sister called him "Wolfie". His father was a fine composer and musician who taught both of his children to play instruments. Mozart wrote songs that were so good, no one would believe that a child really wrote them!
Sometimes he was irresponsible, he spent too much money and he was not treated fairly for his work.

Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five. At 17, he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position.
He created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music. He composed over 600 works.

His health deteriorated on 20 November, at which point he became bedridden, suffering from swelling, pain, and vomiting. He was mentally occupied with the task of finishing his Requiem.
Mozart died in his home when he was 35. He did not finish this sad and beautiful work.

 

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His hearing loss

Hi! Here you can find some interesting information about Beethoven.

Beethoven started losing his hearing in this early 30s. By 1819, he was completely deaf, but he composed some of his most renowned works during this time.

Beethoven completed thirty-two piano sonatas and seventeen string quartets. He wrote nine symphonies, five sonatas for the cello and piano, ten for violin and piano, five piano concertos, one violin concerto, one concerto for piano, violin and cello, ten overtures, two masses, one opera, and a ballet.

There is one thing we do know: he accepted his condition, but it depressed him. He wrote in a letter to his friend Franz Gerhard Wegeler: "... For two years I have avoided almost all social gatherings because it is impossible for me to say to people 'I am deaf.' If I belonged to any other profession it would be easier, but in my profession it is a frightful state..." 

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"Immortal Beloved"

Hello again!

Here is another film, "Immortal Beloved", directed by Bernard Rose.

It's a 1994 film about the life of composer Beethoven.

PLOT:

When Beethoven dies, his assistant and close friend Schindler deals with his last will and testament. There remains a question as to who Beethoven's "immortal beloved", an unnamed woman mentioned in one of his letters, may be. Schindler embarks on a quest to find out who this woman is.

The conclusion ultimately is that the individual is Johanna Reiss, the daughter of Anton Van Reiss, a prosperous Viennese upholsterer. In the film, she becomes pregnant by Beethoven; when by an accidental turn of events he does not marry her in time, she marries his brother, Kaspar. Their son, Karl van Beethoven, is raised by Ludwig in the vain hope of making him an important musician in his

own right.

 

Look at this!! It's my favourite part of the film!

 

 

                               “Moonlight Sonata” Scene

 

 

It's an interesting film and I'd recommend you to watch it!!

Here is the trailer.

 



 

 

 

 

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"Copying Beethoven"

Hi guys!!
Here you have a trailer about the film "Copying Beethoven".
It's a 2006 dramatic film directed by Agnieszka Holland.

PLOT:

Beethoven is finishing his Ninth Symphony. He is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. Anna is a young student at the Vienna Music Conservatory and aspiring composer. She is engaged to help the composer finish preparing the score for the first performance. Her understanding of his work is such that she corrects mistakes he has made, while her personality opens a door into his private world. He develops a growing affection for his new companion, but she has plans to marry her longtime beau.
By the time the piece is performed, her presence is a necessity and she helps him conduct the premiere from a spot hidden amongst the orchestra.

 

I am sure you will enjoy this film!

Beethoven's biography

Hi!! :))
If you are interested in Beethoven, here you will find some information about him.

He was a German composer and a great pianist. He was born in Bonn in 1770 and his first music teacher was his father. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness, and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life, when he was quite unable to hear.

He had a difficult childhood. His father was a raging alcoholic and he dreamed of turning his son into a child prodigy and cashing in on his success. Neighbours provided accounts of the small boy weeping while he played the clavier, standing atop a footstool to reach the keys, his father beating him for each mistake.

He died when he was 56. An autopsy revealed that the immediate cause of death was post-hepatitic cirrhosis of the liver. The autopsy also provided clues to the origins of his deafness. While his quick temper, chronic diarrhea and deafness are consistent with arterial disease, a competing theory traces Beethoven's deafness to contracting typhus in the summer of 1796.

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