Transcript Symphony no. 40 in G minor

More Mozart
Yippee!! Can you even believe we get to spend our time this way? We
are so lucky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb_jQBgzU-I
“Die Zauberflote” (“The Magic Flute”)
Music composed in three stages of his life
early
middle
late
1761-1772
1772-1781
1781-1791
List of Works in approximate chronological order
http://www.mozartproject.org/compositions/ko_81_85.html
Over 600 works including:
26 string quartets
17 piano sonatas
27 concert arias
12 violin concertos
25 piano concertos
over 50 symphonies
15 Masses
21 stage and opera works
http://www.ubs.sbg.ac.at/sosa/handschriften/mI10.htm
The Magic Flute (Die
Zauberflöte)
1791
Queen of the Night Aria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463jDvb
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Papageno! Papagena!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAoe7Q
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The Magic Flute tells the story of
Tamino, a prince who must undergo
a series of tests, accompanied by
his goofy sidekick Papageno, in
order to marry the princess Pamina.
Alongside the priest Sarastro,
Tamino, Papageno, and Pamina
battle Pamina's mother, the evil and
mysterious Queen of the Night.
Most Important Works
• the last ten string quartets
• the Quintet for clarinet and strings
• the Mass in C minor and
• the unfinished Requiem
• the Serenade for thirteen wind
instruments
• the Clarinet concerto
• the late piano concertos
• the last six symphonies
Symphony no. 40
in G minor
Mozart infused a
passion and
expression unheard of
in symphonic writing,
especially in the great
Symphony no. 40 in G
minor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTcZAILO0d4
Mozart’s Operas
Final years of Mozart’s life
During the late 1790, Mozart had many financial problems contributed by the following factors.
i. decline in popularity from 1788 in Vienna
ii. subscription concerts - from success in 1785 to only one subscriber
iii. no savings from his most successful years 1785-86
iv. steady increase in popularity in foreign countries. "His music was now circulating via performances and publications throughout Europe,
especially in German-speaking regions and in France, where his words were frequently listed on the programs of the Concert Spirituel." (Maynard Solomon)
However, there were no performance rights or copyright laws. Composer paid only for his service of physically playing or conducting what he composed.
v. Constanze's numerous pregnancies and her health
vi. numerous expenses for appearances at court functions
vii. supported a household of six including his son, Karl Thomas, the expected baby, Franz Xaver Wolfgang, and two servants.
However, during his last year, he slowly began to experience a reversal of fortune.
i. gradually middle class society and Schikaneder theatre vs. court opera and aristocratic salon
ii. relationship with his wife - loving, affectionate, and concerned with Constanze's health
iii. an offer to go to London by British opera manager Robert May O'Reilly
iv. May - became unpaid assistant to the cathedral kapellmeister at St. Stephen's.
If Mozart lived for more than two years, he would have been the next kapellmeister with salary of 2000 fl.
v. late 1791, offers from Dutch and Hungarian nobility to compose a few works
vi. fees were received by Mozart for the publication and manuscript rights to some of his works
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/Mozartreq/main.html
Requiem in D Minor, K 626,
•
Incomplete at his death
•
A commission for Count Franz von
Walsegg-Stuppach
•
Pass off as the Count’s
•
No copies to be made and participation
limited in performance
•
Working on two opera at the same time
(which got priority)
•
Finished only the “Introit”
•
Sketched out the “Kyrie”, “Sequence”, and
“Offertorium”
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Emphasis on strings and woodwinds
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Shows influence of Baroque masters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rc25CkOxEk
Bibliography
• http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/Mozartreq/main.html
• http://www.britannica.com/topic/Requiem-in-D-Minor
• http://www.mozartproject.org/compositions/