Source: WikipediaMozart was a great composer, and his music will live for as long as people appreciate great classical music. Even for those who do not like classical music, just the beauty of the melodies, compositions, and notes that go into Mozart’s music is enough to make anyone a classical music lover.

I was one who didn’t appreciate great music until I happened on a Mozart CD.

Since I’ve reformatted my hard drive, and installed my dual boot system (I’m running Windows/Linux) - the one thing I have not done yet is update my media playlist. I have several, which includes the works of Mozart that I have.

Well, that should change today. I’ll put together my Mozart playlist, and begin to listen to his beautiful music once again.

It’s been another day, and filled with Mozart’s music. I hope you all are listening to your favorite concerto right now.

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I would like to ask if any of you Mozart fans can transpose some of Mozart’s pieces (strings) into notes I can play on my guitar?

I wanted to take up classical guitar, and since I’ve been self taught so far on it, I would like to jump head first into the classical music genre by starting with my favorite composer, Amadeus.

Anyone help me out?

I keep changing my favorite Mozart compositions. I belong to the MozartForum, and have been apart of great topical threads that deal with every aspect of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s life and music. One particular thread is titled, “What does Mozart’s music mean to us?“, and in that thread I tried to detail the reasons why I find Mozart’s music to be some of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard.

Other members of that forum have all contributed to the topic, and if you have a bit of time, I suggest you head over there and read up. That forum has just about every thing you’ll need as a Mozart fan.

Anyway, back to the reason for my post. I had several favorite pieces, but - at least for today - my favorite Mozart composition is, “Serenade “Gran Partita” - 3rd Movement”. My recording of that piece is by The Linos Ensemble.

What’s your favorite Mozart piece?

Here’s a great Mozart performance, Mozart - Requiem Mass in D minor.

Composed in 1791, the Requiem Mass in D minor was Mozart’s last composition. This particular performance took place on December 5, 1991 at St. Stephen`s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the composer`s death.

Simple click on the Play Button to begin. Once you’re done, please click on the menu button within the player to view other great Mozart music videos:

Mozart is without doubt the greatest musician who ever lived. he was a child genius he wrote his first piece at the age of 5 ‘Minuet & Trio for piano’ and his first symphony at the age of 8 ‘ First Symphony in E flat, K16′. Did you know that he would write a complete 64 piece orchestral piece in his mind, then transfer it first draft to music paper. No corrections, just right from the mind to the paper, all at once.

Mozart Created uproar in the music world by writing opera in GERMAN. At the time italian was the ONLY acceptable language for Opera. If you only ever go to see one opera in your life, make it the magic flute, it is fantastic, light airey and bouncy unlike Don Giovani which is a very heavy Opera.

It is my firm belief that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an absolute genius, and his story is made all the more sadder by the fact he was hounded to death by a bitter rival.

Credit goes to OldWelshGuy for this post.

Can you imagine earning close to half a million dollars for a sketch you made of a song you wrote? Well, not that Mozart will be enjoying the profit of the sale, here is the article of that sale from the Associate Press:

A leaf from Mozart’s sketch for the Sinfonia Concertante in E flat sold Tuesday for a record price of $228,484 for a single page in the master’s hand. Maggs Bros. Ltd. of London bought the manuscript for an unidentified private client, auctioneer Sotheby’s said. The previous record was $184,000 for a sheet bearing the notes for the opening Rondo K.386 in A major, sold at Sotheby’s in 1998.

One page of the leaf contains a 27-bar sketch for the cadenza for the first movement, notated in brown ink on four two-stave systems. The other contains two autograph horn parts for unidentified instrument works. Sotheby’s said that only two other leaves of the manuscript of the Concertante survive. It was composed in 1779.

“The Sinfonia Concertante was Mozart’s first truly great masterpiece,” said Simon Maguire, senior specialist in Sotheby’s Music department. “Together with Bach and Beethoven, he is one of the three pre-eminent composers of all time, and this was the work where the young 23-year-old first attained such a level. “It is one of Mozart’s greatest works, and we are thrilled to have handled a manuscript that takes us so close to its original inception.”

Taken from The Associated Press
Article Launched: 12/04/2007 09:59:28 AM PST

If only I had bought it…

I would like to welcome you to the world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s classical music! It has been a great adventure for me, and my trip into the classics has just begun. Please, let us know your ideas and inspirations regarding classical music, and how it effects your life.