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Mozart And Beethoven: The Lives And Legacies Of History's Most Famous Composers

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Mozart And Beethoven: The Lives And Legacies Of History's Most Famous ComposersISBN13:9781493693535ISBN10:1493693530Author:Charles River Editors (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - *Analyzes The Themes And Progression Of The Composers' Most Famous Works, Comparing And Contrasting Them To Each Other And Other Composers' Great Works *Includes Pictures Of Important People And Places *Includes A Bibliography On Each Composer For Further Reading *Includes A List Of Both Composers' Works Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Baptized Johannes Chrysostom Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, Is Widely Considered To Be The Culminating Figure Of The Classical Period In Music, Which Spanned Much Of The 18Th To Early 19Th Centuries As Such, He Is Remembered As One Of Western Civilization's Most Prodigious And Spontaneous Natural Talents, On Par With Leonardo Da Vinci And Johann Sebastian Bach Mozart Once Called Music My Life, And Indeed Few Were As Naturally Gifted At It Mozart's Memory And Genius For Music Allowed Him To Compose Lengthy Works, Even Full-Length Operas, Without Transferring Them To Paper Until He Had Fully Visualized And Retained Them He Regarded Copying As A Tedious Task, And This Caused No Small Amount Of Consternation Among Performers, In Particular The Orchestra, Some Of Whom Received Their Parts Minutes Before Curtain This Was Said To Be The Case For The Premiere Of Don Giovanni, Where Mozart Was Furiously Scrawling And Handing Out Parts To The Overture With The Audience In Attendance Surprisingly, These Entire Works, Sometimes Hundreds Of Pages, Not Penned Until They Were Complete In His Mind, Usually Arrived To The Manuscript Without A Single Blemish Or Change Of Heart Mozart's Eccentricities Are Remembered Centuries After His Death, To The Point That Much Of His Life, Illnesses And Death Have Been Mythologized, And Today A Lot Of His Legacy Has Been Shaped By The Manner In Which His Personality Has Been Depicted In Biographical Works Like Amadeus Among All Of History's Greatest Musicians, Few Have Been As Admired Or Influential As Ludwig Van Beethoven, Whose Name Remains Synonymous With Composing Works Like His Fifth And Ninth Symphonies Remain Instantly Recognizable Over 200 Years After They Were Composed, And Their Sweeping And Grandiose Nature Are Made All The More Amazing By The Fact That Their Author Was Gradually Going Deaf And Couldn't Hear Music Very Well By The Time He Was Composing Them Similarly, The Moonlight Sonata And F R Elise Are Renowned Across The World And Are Some Of The Most Famous Piano Pieces Of All Time At The Same Time, Beethoven's Work Ushered In A New Era In Art, Helping The Transition From The Classical Era To The Romantic Era In The 180 Years Since His Death, Beethoven Has Been Enshrined By Modern Society As One Of The Most Esteemed Classical Composers In The History Of Civilization, But He Had A Profound And Immediate Influence On The German Musical Lineage That Would Pass Through Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler And Richard Strauss All The Way To Composers Of The 20Th And Early 21St Centuries At A Time When Music Was Very Much Viewed As Science, Beethoven Was A Giant In The Field, And As Such He Was Viewed As A Genius As Beethoven Himself Once Put It, Music Is The One Incorporeal Entrance Into The Higher World Of Knowledge Which Comprehends Mankind But Which Mankind Cannot Comprehend Mozart And Beethoven Comprehensively Analyzes The Themes And Revolutionary Advancements Of Both Composers' Music, Looking At Their Most Famous Works And Comparing And Contrasting Them Along With Pictures Of Important People, Places, And Events, You Will Learn About Mozart And Beethoven Like Never Before, In No Time At All Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2013-11-06Weight:0.27 lbsDimensions:0.17'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:84Language:English

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Book Title: Mozart and Beethoven: the Lives and Legacies of History's Most Famous Composers

Number of Pages: 84 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2013

Topic: Composers & Musicians

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Genre: Biography & Autobiography

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Author: Charles River Charles River Editors

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