"Mozart is the incarnation of music." Joseph Haydn "If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity." "The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men like us to become famous." Johannes Brahms "I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death." Ludwig van Beethoven "Mozart is sweet sunshine." Antonin Dvorak "Oh Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life you have left in our souls!" Franz Schubert "Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?" Robert Schumann "Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music." "Mozart is the musical Christ." Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Give Mozart a fairy tale and he creates without effort an immortal masterpiece." Camille Saint-Saens "Mozart's music is particularly difficult to perform. His admirable clarity exacts absolute cleanness: the slightest mistake in it stands out like black on white. It is music in which all the notes must be heard." Gabriel Faure "I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven." "Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled." "The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts." Richard Wagner "The most perfect melodic shapes are found in Mozart; he has the lightness of touch which is the true objective ... Listen to the remarkable expansion of a Mozart melody, to Cherubino's 'Voi che sapete', for instance. You think it is coming to an end, but it goes farther, even farther." Richard Strauss "I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet, then one cannot deny that I have learned this directly from Mozart. And I am proud of it!" Arnold Schoenberg "Play Mozart in memory of me." "Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head." Frederic Chopin "In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct." Edvard Grieg "Beethoven I take twice a week, Haydn four times, and Mozart every day." "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge as genius, and as much genius as knowledge." Gioachino Rossini "Mozart, prodigal heaven gave thee everything, grace and strength, abundance and moderation, perfect equilibrium." Charles Gounod
This to me proves that Mozart is most definitely a fine candidate for the title of greatest composer of all time. How can he not when even all other candidates praise him and not themselves
Mozart is such a tricky composer for a performer. His music sounds simple and easy to follow to the listener, but is nasty in its intricacy and touch required by the performer. It's wonderful in that way.
One thing I've noticed when learning or practicing Mozart is that individual phrases are so perfect they sound good no matter how fast or slow you play them. You can't make them sound bad.
Oh, if he could have lived and wrote just, say, ten more years! It would have been a mountain range of the most beautiful music. As a piano student, I like Mozart's work because he wrote beautiful melodies that are not too difficult to play.
He had demons (Salieri taunted and Marie Antoinette had a bad political aura that affected his musical career). He did snuff, a popular recreation drug, and that didn't help, either. He slipped away from humanity answering the call of God to Heaven. May he Rest In Peace.
The only composer really, that gets me sobbing uncontrollably. Others will get me to feel deeply, give me goosebumps maybe, but Mozart is the only one the cuts right through all my defenses....
Having performed his Requiem at least 4 or 5 times as member of a city symphony chorus, I can think of nothing more beautiful will ever be written. Lacrimosa is my favorite movement, bringing with it memories of parents, friends, and loves who are now a permanent part of my past.
I will never forget the first time I heard the altos on my left and sopranos on my right singing "voca me" of Confutatis during a rehearsal some years ago. My heart was touched and was never the same again, truly. I recall the precise moment when time froze, I get emotional even now as I write this.
I will not pretend to know music, but Mozart opens up emotions in people that are unknowingly suppressed. I always cry whenever I hear his music. It gives you a sense of longing then it all gushes when you hear the crescendo. Mozart's music is addictive.
I'm unable to conduct a conversation while listening to Mozart. It's as though God is saying, "Shut up and pay attention to this or something bad will happen!!" Brilliant video! Thank you so much!!
dude i nearly cried watching this, i think often the best way to appreciate classical music, or any form of art, is to think to your self what kind of emotions your getting from it, and you explaining it with such passion was amazing
As a huge admirer of Mozart's music I don't have enough words to thank you. Your video proves undeniably the musical genius he was, and the tremendous lost was his early death. I did have the happiness of singing Mozart's choir works many times, includind his Requiem. Unforgetable!! Greetings from Brasil
I agree with Beethoven's music. His music was worship to God. Mozart had talent, but if God was trying to speak to him through his own compositions, I think his music was an outcry to God, perhaps he didn’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ as Beethoven had. Therefore the outcry. Like most unbelievers that love their sins too much to repent and come into relationship with Jesus Christ.
I was a relative outsider to the world of classical music until I was commissioned by my university to write a modern supertitle translation for Mozart’s “La Finta Giardiniera”. I spent about a year with that score and by the end of it I understood the hype behind this guy. Even in one of his least known pieces every piece soared. How anybody could dislike Mozart is beyond me.
I - at the age of 64 - just realise how little i did follow the geniuses in art in general. Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Händel, Beethoven and many more ... I just touched the surface like I did in poetry and painting. Every work in art (and Mozart in particular) gives peace to my soul. Thank you for this video !
Mozart compositions may give the listener the feel of unfullfilable longing, but nothing will ever be more so than the longing for a fully composed requiem. It's heart-rending and makes the whole experience of life almost incomplete from a musical perspective.
Thanks so much for this video. I feel so fortunate to have sung quite a few of Mozart's operas. The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro was one of my best performances. Tears and memories during the excerpt at 4:55. That role was like butter for my voice. His music is so incredibly challenging to sing as it demands such vocal purity and absolute vocal control. And the end result to the listener is that it sounds so easy, light, effortless.
I love Hayden’s steady musical maturity while still retaining many elements of youthfulness In that his musical works were completed in full before his departure.. BACH stood and still stands as the point from which all greatness is measured. Mozart and Beethoven are two sides of a very large coin the edge of which is many great composers that came after. Mozart had a joyful if disciplined childhood Beethoven had a troubled childhood where music was his sanctuary. This is clearly borne out in their music. I sense Mozart was mourning the fact when he wrote Requiem that he was being dragged unceremoniously from the stage of life whereas Beethoven was having one of his most needed tools slowly removed from his possession (his hearing) but stubbornly refused to succumb to obscurity as a result and battled on to the last blow. Doubtless until real hardship is born on the backs of humanity for at least a century there will be no composers of compare to come!
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I think you are a genius yourself, to be able to see behind the curtain and tell stories only few can see. Thank you for your insights, I was inspired to read more, although you should seek a UA-cam video on the Magic Flute and how it could be a story about 18th century masonry - that is fascinating.
Indeed he incorporated many aspects from masonry. I can only recommend The Genius of Mozart documentary by BBC in case you haven't seen it already. It's a bit dramatic though it offers some interesting interpretations on Mozart's pieces.
Thank you. I come from a line of professional classically trained musicians. Ironically I barely read sheet music, but I play the piano by ear. True musicians don't make good parents b/c music is their child. But they are fun parents to have. Mozart influence lives on, even in garbage music that aches my skull these days.
Of all the 3000+ classical works in my music list, Mozarts Piano Concertos are still my favorites. He's the reason I started composing them as well, of course using his as an example.
One of the best pieces Mozart composed and highlights everything he was great at is his Symphonie Concertante k364. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made.
"In his chamber music Mozart captivates one by the charm and purity of his facture, by the amazing beauty of his voice leading, but sometimes one does come across things which bring tears to your eyes. I would like to point out to you the Adagio from the G minor quintet. Nobody before or after has expressed so beautifully in music feelings of resigned, helpless grief. When Laubplayed this Adagio, I would always hide in the remotest corner of the hall so that no one could see what effect his music had on me." -P. I. Tchaikovsky ua-cam.com/video/-RWsgnZZrZQ/v-deo.html
Oh, how I miss the Requiem here! 2008 my qoir had the honor of performing the Requiem and after that It is like carrying a piece of jewelry in your pocket for the rest of your life. It will always be with you.
I really loved your video! You described the awesome compositions of the world’s greatest composer in such debt and detail (though 9 minutes of video time was all that you could have). I watched both parts of “Why Mozart is a genius” and was immediately compelled to press the “subscribe” button. Great job!
I liked for the overview of Mozart's contribution to music. I loved for including soprano extraordinaire Florence Foster Jenkins. I'd love to see you explore some more Mozart in detail.
I first would like to thank you for such a comprehensive review of the greatest musician in history. I really love Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, etc. But nothing can compare the beauty, balance and perfection of Mozart's work. I always think what if Mozart would live a few years more.... We don't know God plans, but, at least, we should thank Him for giving us the best meaning of Divinity, that flows in every single note of 600 Mozart's works. Jewish sages teaches us to bless God when we meet a scholar: "Blessed are Thou, ...who has given of His wisdom to flesh and blood ". As for music masters as Mozart we should bless: " who has given of His grace and glory to flesh and blood...", Amen
I saw the first part and both are excellent and informative. I'm a beginner of the arts or classical music but for some reason Mozart is my favorite. I remembered each of these songs in the movie, especially the first one. A big thanks from your new subscriber.
Listened to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 for the first time, and I have gained even more respect for Mozart (as I do with every other piece I hear from him for the first time). Such a delicate piece, and I can't help but think that this was a huge inspiration to Chopin with those beautiful chromatic runs.
You end your videos saying "Thanks for watching". Let me reciprocate by saying "Thanks for presenting". I like every one of them. They have brought to light many things I had missed in my more than 50 years of listening.
I am core lover of music, this information encourages next generation musicians and how one should die hard to live and go with passion and his life is proven example of being passionate
Very impressive work !! The choice of musical excerpts was very nice. I would like it if you can create an intro to classical music video on Mozarts requiem or his 41st symphony Also i would like a video on Beethoven's eroica symphony considering its monumentality in the overall progression in classical music even if it not as famous as his fifth or ninth Cheers!
@@johnchessant3012 yes his work is very good albeit very technical. Being a person who loves the music without the theory, i would a love a take from this guy as well. Also Atkinson's vids deal with the great fugal passages in the finale of the two symphonies. I would like to hear about the whole thing
Many, many thanks. I have to say Mozart is my favorite of all. Perhaps it's my Austrian genes. And thank you for your excellent explanations of his genius. Not a musical technician but I found it most interesting.
Such a short life but a huge impact. When I visited Vienna, I saw more references to him than I could count and took the chance to see a production of Don Giovanni while I was there. The whole country of Austria has used Mozart to help craft their own national identity. If that doesn't display how much of a revered figure he is, then I don't know what does!
Fun fact: Mozart wasn't Austrian. Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 and died in 1791. However, Salzburg did not belong to Austria until 1812, until then it was Bavarian. Mozart was German and also saw himself as a German (even if there was no unified Germany at that time).
@@llllbserkllll *returning to a 3yo comment section* Cool background info! I'd heard that Salzburg during Mozart's time wasn't technically part of Austria (at the time, the Austrian Empire) yet. Although I've also heard that Salzburg was still part of the H.R.E., which was nominally "ruled" by the Austrian Habsburgs at that time. I wasn't aware that Mozart saw himself as German! That makes sense though. There's little question though that the way modern Austrians ascribe an Austrian national identity to Mozart is a retrospective action, kind of like how Americans identify with Christopher Colombus despite him never having set foot in modern US territory
I was transfixed by Mozart's music from an early age...I don't know why, but he was the only composer I ever listened to where, if other people spoke to me while listening, I just ignored what they were saying until the piece ended! This is the very dictionary definition of being enthralled.
This usually doesn't happen to me- in fact, it never does, but when I heard the orchestra come in on Piano Concerto No. 23 my jaw literally fucking dropped. Holy shit
Hi. Great videos. If I could make a suggestion, while it's wonderful to hear that Mozart, for instance, revolutionized the concerto, perhaps you could illustrate this not just by having us listen to a concerto of his, but contrasting it with what was being done beforehand, for instance by Bach. Same could be done by contrasting even a single composer's early work with his later work. I would love to see illustrations of this sort and I think they would help me better understand how each of these greats advanced various musical forms. Thanks.
I came into classical music late in life, the same age as he died actually. I'm now in my late 60s and I still love my heavy rock and progressive music but. Each time I listen to Mozart I find new note's which when followed takes me to a new passage within the opus of instruments I'd probably only heard subconsciously. This is one of the reasons I find Mozart my number 1 of the musical masters.
t=2:54 recongnize the chromatic descending sequence from jazz. Dominant chords where bass is descending in fifths and the two upper voice tritone descending chromatically. The upper voice in this example is alternating third and sevenths. Suprised that Mozart was one of the inventors (the inventor?).
Another Mozart Piano Concerto that is essential in addition to his list is No 27 in B flat Major K 595. This was his last piano concerto. I also cannot recommend enough his Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major K 364 and his Symphonies 38-41. Here's a great video explaining his 41st symphony's contrapuntal finale: ua-cam.com/video/YTxYykhQZbI/v-deo.html
This is like an online music lesson through the eyes of history. The great thing about Amadeus is that it's about a gifted genius through the eyes of the people in the industry. Salieri is basically the eyes of the people in the business, it's a pretty good perspective of what it means to be a gifted genius. The point isn't in the historical accuracy, but in the understanding of Mozart as a person and the influence in his music.
Watched a few of your videos and signed up on your Patreon. I've always struggled to define what makes Mozart so good - it was just some "it" factor that he had - the melodies, the emotions he was able to convey...you did a far better job than I, and now armed me with some fantastic talking points next time I'm going on a Mozart rant. He's definitely one of my favorites. Can't wait to watch more of these.
I am new to the love of Classical music and I feel fortunate to be able to explore this whole new world with a child like curiousness and joy. Thank you for this educational video of Mozart. I really like Carl Orff so far, would love your insight. Thank you.
In 10 thousand years… if humanity still exists… I see no one even remotely remembering 99.9% of music… but Mozart will still be played, studied, and known.
Much has been written about Mozart and his musical genius but I think these videos point out the very definite reasons for this characterization. They are intelligently constructed and provide the viewer with excellent examples of Mozart’s pure genius and why our opinion of him continues as strongly today as ever.
Thank you for this insightful effort. One of my music professors at Amherst in the 1970's (one Dr. May (I forget his first name)) once challenged me to explain what is was about Mozart that was special. I finally came up with "transparency," by which I meant utter clarity of both texture (mostly orchestration) and structure. But of course as an appreciative summary that's inadequate, if only because it fails to consider the humanistic (and I'm not even sure what that means) aspects, or dimensions, of his music. But this is one of the most lucid (I say "one of" because of course we must consider Einstein and Tovey) attempts at isolating the factors that set Mozart apart that I have ever seen. I've subscribed, and look forward to your other work.
As much as I love so many of the other composers, none of them took me on the journey that Mozart's music did. Its almost as if he described a human soul and life through music. I still think if an alien from outer space wanted to know about humanity, they could do no better than studying the music of Mozart, but Mozart is so universal, who knows, it may describe them as well.
I love your videos they inspire me so much that I even started i youtube channel fo animations about clasical music composers. Thank you so muc for you great job!!
Mozart's piano concertos are what convinced me Mozart was the king of all composers. There's nothing like them. They, and the other music he composed contemporaneously, are what take him from being just a very good classical composer like Haydn, to being something transcendent, which makes you forget sometimes that you are even listening to classical music.
"What I would say is that I like playing Bach because it is entertaining to play a good fugue, but I do not acknowledge in him (as others do) a great genius. Handel for me has very much a fourth-rate significance, and in his music there isn't even anything entertaining. Gluck, despite the relative poverty of his creative faculty, I find attractive. I like a thing or two in Haydn's music. However, all these four big shots [[[Bach]], Handel, Gluck, and Haydn] are amalgamated in Mozart. He that knows Mozart knows everything that was good about these four, since, being the greatest and most powerful of musical Creators, he did not disdain to take them under his wing, thereby saving them from oblivion. They are like rays which are submerged in the sun that Mozart is." -P. I. Tchaikovsky ua-cam.com/video/PFXF0Aysh4w/v-deo.html
"In his chamber music Mozart captivates one by the charm and purity of his facture, by the amazing beauty of his voice leading, but sometimes one does come across things which bring tears to your eyes. I would like to point out to you the Adagio from the G minor quintet. Nobody before or after has expressed so beautifully in music feelings of resigned, helpless grief. When Laubplayed this Adagio, I would always hide in the remotest corner of the hall so that no one could see what effect his music had on me." -P. I. Tchaikovsky ua-cam.com/video/-RWsgnZZrZQ/v-deo.html
I really enjoy clasical music, bug i have no rwal knowledge about it. I think the idea you want to express about Mozart is clear, but it seems to have a bit of subjectivness in some appreciations. Any how, great video!! And Mozart, will live forever!!
"Mozart is the incarnation of music."
Joseph Haydn
"If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity."
"The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men like us to become famous."
Johannes Brahms
"I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Mozart is sweet sunshine."
Antonin Dvorak
"Oh Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life you have left in our souls!"
Franz Schubert
"Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?"
Robert Schumann
"Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music."
"Mozart is the musical Christ."
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Give Mozart a fairy tale and he creates without effort an immortal masterpiece."
Camille Saint-Saens
"Mozart's music is particularly difficult to perform. His admirable clarity exacts absolute cleanness: the slightest mistake in it stands out like black on white. It is music in which all the notes must be heard."
Gabriel Faure
"I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven."
"Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled."
"The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts."
Richard Wagner
"The most perfect melodic shapes are found in Mozart; he has the lightness of touch which is the true objective ... Listen to the remarkable expansion of a Mozart melody, to Cherubino's 'Voi che sapete', for instance. You think it is coming to an end, but it goes farther, even farther."
Richard Strauss
"I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet, then one cannot deny that I have learned this directly from Mozart. And I am proud of it!"
Arnold Schoenberg
"Play Mozart in memory of me."
"Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head."
Frederic Chopin
"In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct."
Edvard Grieg
"Beethoven I take twice a week, Haydn four times, and Mozart every day."
"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge as genius, and as much genius as knowledge."
Gioachino Rossini
"Mozart, prodigal heaven gave thee everything, grace and strength, abundance and moderation, perfect equilibrium."
Charles Gounod
Thank you for this😊
Bravo!
This to me proves that Mozart is most definitely a fine candidate for the title of greatest composer of all time. How can he not when even all other candidates praise him and not themselves
What moving quotes! I particularly liked Brahm's and Chopin's -so humble and sensitive!
And Tchaichovsky's (who is also a true genius for me and the other classical composer who expresses a lot of tenderness besides Mozart)! :O
Mozart is such a tricky composer for a performer. His music sounds simple and easy to follow to the listener, but is nasty in its intricacy and touch required by the performer. It's wonderful in that way.
One thing I've noticed when learning or practicing Mozart is that individual phrases are so perfect they sound good no matter how fast or slow you play them. You can't make them sound bad.
Can you please do similar videos about Beethoven, Bach and Chopin?
And Mahler.
@@jlouisseverson And Tchaikovsky
Yes please with Chopin
And Sibelius
And Liszt.
As much as Mozart was a gift to humanity, we were robbed when he died too early.
Like good rock stars this days.
I really have this thought every single day in my life. Promise
Oh, if he could have lived and wrote just, say, ten more years! It would have been a mountain range of the most beautiful music.
As a piano student, I like Mozart's work because he wrote beautiful melodies that are not too difficult to play.
His father taught him and guided him well, but then his father died. Later, Mozart spent much money on wigs, snuff, snuffboxes, and died.
He had demons (Salieri taunted and Marie Antoinette had a bad political aura that affected his musical career). He did snuff, a popular recreation drug, and that didn't help, either. He slipped away from humanity answering the call of God to Heaven. May he Rest In Peace.
The only composer really, that gets me sobbing uncontrollably. Others will get me to feel deeply, give me goosebumps maybe, but Mozart is the only one the cuts right through all my defenses....
agree~good expression
Having performed his Requiem at least 4 or 5 times as member of a city symphony chorus, I can think of nothing more beautiful will ever be written. Lacrimosa is my favorite movement, bringing with it memories of parents, friends, and loves who are now a permanent part of my past.
I will never forget the first time I heard the altos on my left and sopranos on my right singing "voca me" of Confutatis during a rehearsal some years ago. My heart was touched and was never the same again, truly. I recall the precise moment when time froze, I get emotional even now as I write this.
I will not pretend to know music, but Mozart opens up emotions in people that are unknowingly suppressed. I always cry whenever I hear his music. It gives you a sense of longing then it all gushes when you hear the crescendo. Mozart's music is addictive.
I'm unable to conduct a conversation while listening to Mozart. It's as though God is saying, "Shut up and pay attention to this or something bad will happen!!" Brilliant video! Thank you so much!!
Same here. I have no idea how some consider this "study music". Extremely distracting in the best way.
Piano Concerto #23 almost had me crying, wow
Fab Mar same here. When those strings first come in. Pierced my soul.
There's a slower interpretation with better balance I can't find. If it were that one, it wouldn't be "almost".
I know the feeling. The Kyrie in the Mass in C minor gets to me no matter how many times I listen to it. Been listening to it well over 30 years now.
ME TOO
@@tylerdurden3722 bro you should try interpretation of Howard Shelly with London Mozart players orchestra 😊
dude i nearly cried watching this, i think often the best way to appreciate classical music, or any form of art, is to think to your self what kind of emotions your getting from it, and you explaining it with such passion was amazing
As a huge admirer of Mozart's music I don't have enough words to thank you. Your video proves undeniably the musical genius he was, and the tremendous lost was his early death. I did have the happiness of singing Mozart's choir works many times, includind his Requiem. Unforgetable!!
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I agree with Beethoven's music. His music was worship to God. Mozart had talent, but if God was trying to speak to him through his own compositions, I think his music was an outcry to God, perhaps he didn’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ as Beethoven had. Therefore the outcry. Like most unbelievers that love their sins too much to repent and come into relationship with Jesus Christ.
@@SoniaJbrt Mozart was more religious than Beethoven.
I was a relative outsider to the world of classical music until I was commissioned by my university to write a modern supertitle translation for Mozart’s “La Finta Giardiniera”. I spent about a year with that score and by the end of it I understood the hype behind this guy. Even in one of his least known pieces every piece soared. How anybody could dislike Mozart is beyond me.
Why don't you have time to talk in detail? I would love to hear more in detail!
Yes!
Yes this is so short.
Well to be honest his life was too brief to be detailed like a life of Händel or haydn
His only detailed story is his death
@@aasserelzoghby6781 His life is very detailed. His life is more complicated than you think.
I - at the age of 64 - just realise how little i did follow the geniuses in art in general. Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Händel, Beethoven and many more ... I just touched the surface like I did in poetry and painting.
Every work in art (and Mozart in particular) gives peace to my soul.
Thank you for this video !
I wish i could just have a word with him. Mozart was Gods gift to humanity.
genius! that mozart piano concerto, numer 23 the second movement, when the orchestra responds, it's perfection!!!!!
Absolutely!!
He was probably the greatest romantic melody composer. His melodies are gorgeous sweeping climaxes. You can’t help it but almost sing along.
Mozart compositions may give the listener the feel of unfullfilable longing, but nothing will ever be more so than the longing for a fully composed requiem. It's heart-rending and makes the whole experience of life almost incomplete from a musical perspective.
Thanks so much for this video. I feel so fortunate to have sung quite a few of Mozart's operas. The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro was one of my best performances. Tears and memories during the excerpt at 4:55. That role was like butter for my voice. His music is so incredibly challenging to sing as it demands such vocal purity and absolute vocal control. And the end result to the listener is that it sounds so easy, light, effortless.
I love Hayden’s steady musical maturity while still retaining many elements of youthfulness In that his musical works were completed in full before his departure.. BACH stood and still stands as the point from which all greatness is measured. Mozart and Beethoven are two sides of a very large coin the edge of which is many great composers that came after. Mozart had a joyful if disciplined childhood Beethoven had a troubled childhood where music was his sanctuary. This is clearly borne out in their music. I sense Mozart was mourning the fact when he wrote Requiem that he was being dragged unceremoniously from the stage of life whereas Beethoven was having one of his most needed tools slowly removed from his possession (his hearing) but stubbornly refused to succumb to obscurity as a result and battled on to the last blow. Doubtless until real hardship is born on the backs of humanity for at least a century there will be no composers of compare to come!
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You need to make one of these videos for Beethoven.
When I read Beethoven's name, I always tend to pronounce it like they did in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - Beeth Oven.
The Kyrie of the Mass in C minor is just the most perfect, eternal piece of music ever conceived. For me, nothing comes even remotely close to it.
What about Ave Verum Corpus!!!
just epic and glorified Kyrie in Mass in C minor.. i'm not a religious person but Mozart's music has the gravitas power
Mozart is the musical Christ.
Tchaikovsky-
Mozart is sunshine
-Dvorak
Did he really say that?
@@reinortega23 Yes, it is a famous quotation from Tchaikovsky.
and like Christ he died only 2 years later...
@@saltalgilmour9745 Perhaps, but like Christ, he lives for ever. His music will prevail for the eternity.
I think you are a genius yourself, to be able to see behind the curtain and tell stories only few can see. Thank you for your insights, I was inspired to read more, although you should seek a UA-cam video on the Magic Flute and how it could be a story about 18th century masonry - that is fascinating.
Indeed he incorporated many aspects from masonry. I can only recommend The Genius of Mozart documentary by BBC in case you haven't seen it already. It's a bit dramatic though it offers some interesting interpretations on Mozart's pieces.
Thank you. I come from a line of professional classically trained musicians. Ironically I barely read sheet music, but I play the piano by ear. True musicians don't make good parents b/c music is their child. But they are fun parents to have. Mozart influence lives on, even in garbage music that aches my skull these days.
Of all the 3000+ classical works in my music list, Mozarts Piano Concertos are still my favorites.
He's the reason I started composing them as well, of course using his as an example.
Through his music he expressed stories of people experiencing a variety of emotions. His music is musical storytelling.
One of the best pieces Mozart composed and highlights everything he was great at is his Symphonie Concertante k364. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made.
"In his chamber music Mozart captivates one by the charm and purity of his facture, by the amazing beauty of his voice leading, but sometimes one does come across things which bring tears to your eyes. I would like to point out to you the Adagio from the G minor quintet. Nobody before or after has expressed so beautifully in music feelings of resigned, helpless grief. When Laubplayed this Adagio, I would always hide in the remotest corner of the hall so that no one could see what effect his music had on me." -P. I. Tchaikovsky ua-cam.com/video/-RWsgnZZrZQ/v-deo.html
Beautiful Tchaikovsky, a true sensitive soul!
Your link leads to Menuetto, not Adagio?
Oh, how I miss the Requiem here! 2008 my qoir had the honor of performing the Requiem and after that It is like carrying a piece of jewelry in your pocket for the rest of your life. It will always be with you.
Without Mozart, music is dead!
I really loved your video!
You described the awesome compositions of the world’s greatest composer in such debt and detail (though 9 minutes of video time was all that you could have). I watched both parts of “Why Mozart is a genius” and was immediately compelled to press the “subscribe” button.
Great job!
I liked for the overview of Mozart's contribution to music. I loved for including soprano extraordinaire Florence Foster Jenkins.
I'd love to see you explore some more Mozart in detail.
Old is gold 😘😘😘😘😘
Thank you . And thank you Mozart .
"Still a huge challenge for today's colorauta sopranos."
*plays recording of Florence Foster Jenkins* >.>
lol
Yes, that was inspired!
Pure, unadorned hilarity!
That's actually Mari Lyn. You should totally look her up, she's hilarious
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I first would like to thank you for such a comprehensive review of the greatest musician in history.
I really love Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, etc.
But nothing can compare the beauty, balance and perfection of Mozart's work.
I always think what if Mozart would live a few years more....
We don't know God plans, but, at least, we should thank Him for giving us the best meaning of Divinity, that flows in every single note of 600 Mozart's works.
Jewish sages teaches us to bless God when we meet a scholar:
"Blessed are Thou, ...who has given of His wisdom to flesh and blood ".
As for music masters as Mozart we should bless:
" who has given of His grace and glory to flesh and blood...", Amen
This video reminds me how much I like Mozart...👍👌
I saw the first part and both are excellent and informative. I'm a beginner of the arts or classical music but for some reason Mozart is my favorite. I remembered each of these songs in the movie, especially the first one. A big thanks from your new subscriber.
To me, listening to Mozart’s music brings such an intimate, comfortable feeling, like being with a friend 🌟
Watching this video I was crying from the start to the end 😭
Listened to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 for the first time, and I have gained even more respect for Mozart (as I do with every other piece I hear from him for the first time). Such a delicate piece, and I can't help but think that this was a huge inspiration to Chopin with those beautiful chromatic runs.
You end your videos saying "Thanks for watching". Let me reciprocate by saying "Thanks for presenting". I like every one of them. They have brought to light many things I had missed in my more than 50 years of listening.
I am core lover of music, this information encourages next generation musicians and how one should die hard to live and go with passion and his life is proven example of being passionate
The 12th piano concerto is divide one of my favorites and the 20th is on a whole other level of magic
That was good, please make more videos about Mozart.
Mozart makes me feel like I have accomplished nothing in life lol
Very impressive work !! The choice of musical excerpts was very nice. I would like it if you can create an intro to classical music video on Mozarts requiem or his 41st symphony
Also i would like a video on Beethoven's eroica symphony considering its monumentality in the overall progression in classical music even if it not as famous as his fifth or ninth
Cheers!
The channel "Richard Atkinson" has great analyses of the finale of Mozart's 41st and Beethoven's Eroica.
@@johnchessant3012 yes his work is very good albeit very technical. Being a person who loves the music without the theory, i would a love a take from this guy as well. Also Atkinson's vids deal with the great fugal passages in the finale of the two symphonies. I would like to hear about the whole thing
Many, many thanks. I have to say Mozart is my favorite of all. Perhaps it's my Austrian genes. And thank you for your excellent explanations of his genius. Not a musical technician but I found it most interesting.
A video on Franz/Ferencz Liszt would interest me immensely.
Such a short life but a huge impact. When I visited Vienna, I saw more references to him than I could count and took the chance to see a production of Don Giovanni while I was there. The whole country of Austria has used Mozart to help craft their own national identity. If that doesn't display how much of a revered figure he is, then I don't know what does!
Fun fact: Mozart wasn't Austrian. Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 and died in 1791. However, Salzburg did not belong to Austria until 1812, until then it was Bavarian. Mozart was German and also saw himself as a German (even if there was no unified Germany at that time).
@@llllbserkllll *returning to a 3yo comment section* Cool background info! I'd heard that Salzburg during Mozart's time wasn't technically part of Austria (at the time, the Austrian Empire) yet. Although I've also heard that Salzburg was still part of the H.R.E., which was nominally "ruled" by the Austrian Habsburgs at that time. I wasn't aware that Mozart saw himself as German! That makes sense though. There's little question though that the way modern Austrians ascribe an Austrian national identity to Mozart is a retrospective action, kind of like how Americans identify with Christopher Colombus despite him never having set foot in modern US territory
I was transfixed by Mozart's music from an early age...I don't know why, but he was the only composer I ever listened to where, if other people spoke to me while listening, I just ignored what they were saying until the piece ended! This is the very dictionary definition of being enthralled.
This usually doesn't happen to me- in fact, it never does, but when I heard the orchestra come in on Piano Concerto No. 23 my jaw literally fucking dropped. Holy shit
Hi. Great videos. If I could make a suggestion, while it's wonderful to hear that Mozart, for instance, revolutionized the concerto, perhaps you could illustrate this not just by having us listen to a concerto of his, but contrasting it with what was being done beforehand, for instance by Bach. Same could be done by contrasting even a single composer's early work with his later work. I would love to see illustrations of this sort and I think they would help me better understand how each of these greats advanced various musical forms. Thanks.
Mozart is such a great composer that it is hard to believe that a human was able to create such a perfection !
Thank you, no matter the age, learning brings childhood renewed .
I quite enjoyed the above; learned loads ✌🏽 Thanks!
Goosebumps time! Thanks for the two-parter!
Many thanks for providing this ancient musical student with such an insightful message
Really enjoyed your presentation, thankyou. Mozarts does hit right into the gut
I came into classical music late in life, the same age as he died actually. I'm now in my late 60s and I still love my heavy rock and progressive music but. Each time I listen to Mozart I find new note's which when followed takes me to a new passage within the opus of instruments I'd probably only heard subconsciously. This is one of the reasons I find Mozart my number 1 of the musical masters.
Thank you. Very informative. I do like Mozart's works.
t=2:54 recongnize the chromatic descending sequence from jazz. Dominant chords where bass is descending in fifths and the two upper voice tritone descending chromatically. The upper voice in this example is alternating third and sevenths. Suprised that Mozart was one of the inventors (the inventor?).
Another Mozart Piano Concerto that is essential in addition to his list is No 27 in B flat Major K 595. This was his last piano concerto. I also cannot recommend enough his Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major K 364 and his Symphonies 38-41. Here's a great video explaining his 41st symphony's contrapuntal finale: ua-cam.com/video/YTxYykhQZbI/v-deo.html
This is like an online music lesson through the eyes of history. The great thing about Amadeus is that it's about a gifted genius through the eyes of the people in the industry. Salieri is basically the eyes of the people in the business, it's a pretty good perspective of what it means to be a gifted genius. The point isn't in the historical accuracy, but in the understanding of Mozart as a person and the influence in his music.
Watched a few of your videos and signed up on your Patreon. I've always struggled to define what makes Mozart so good - it was just some "it" factor that he had - the melodies, the emotions he was able to convey...you did a far better job than I, and now armed me with some fantastic talking points next time I'm going on a Mozart rant. He's definitely one of my favorites. Can't wait to watch more of these.
Thank you, Inside the Score 🎹 I really cannot ever listen enough to Mozart’s piano concertos! Why are they so...compelling??
Mozart gave us more than enough of himself. Let us be thankful that we have any of it at all.
such beauty in music
Great great video! I am obsessed with Mozart.
I am new to the love of Classical music and I feel fortunate to be able to explore this whole new world with a child like curiousness and joy. Thank you for this educational video of Mozart. I really like Carl Orff so far, would love your insight. Thank you.
His string quartets and harpsichord music is my favorite.
Thank's for your videos, they are amazing!
No. 23 2nd mvmnt - no matter how many times I listen to it - gives me chills from the first note. Longing, absolutely. Beautiful.
My favourite aria... from the magic Flute! Amazing Coloratura.
Thank you a magnificent piece
Beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you so much for putting this together! Very informative, simple and deep...
Thank You for your hard work and insight.
In 10 thousand years… if humanity still exists… I see no one even remotely remembering 99.9% of music… but Mozart will still be played, studied, and known.
Much has been written about Mozart and his musical genius but I think these videos point out the very definite reasons for this characterization. They are intelligently constructed and provide the viewer with excellent examples of Mozart’s pure genius and why our opinion of him continues as strongly today as ever.
Why is making me cry and want more
Thank you for this insightful effort. One of my music professors at Amherst in the 1970's (one Dr. May (I forget his first name)) once challenged me to explain what is was about Mozart that was special. I finally came up with "transparency," by which I meant utter clarity of both texture (mostly orchestration) and structure. But of course as an appreciative summary that's inadequate, if only because it fails to consider the humanistic (and I'm not even sure what that means) aspects, or dimensions, of his music. But this is one of the most lucid (I say "one of" because of course we must consider Einstein and Tovey) attempts at isolating the factors that set Mozart apart that I have ever seen. I've subscribed, and look forward to your other work.
Great material great techniques and quotes fantastic music thanks dear
Thank you for this wonderful video.
As much as I love so many of the other composers, none of them took me on the journey that Mozart's music did. Its almost as if he described a human soul and life through music. I still think if an alien from outer space wanted to know about humanity, they could do no better than studying the music of Mozart, but Mozart is so universal, who knows, it may describe them as well.
Loved the description of diatonic and chromatic and how Mozart blended them . Ive just had a great and simple lesson of music . Thank you !
In the solar system of classical composers Bach and Beethoven are Jupiter and Saturn... but Mozart is the sun.
Very nice picture...!!!
Surly Mozart is Jupiter, Saturn is Holst & the Sun is R Strauss , Just saying for a friend
Mozart is the sun. Beethoven is the earth. Bach is the universe.
This is a ludicrous quote. 🙄
Amazing! I agree with you
I love your videos they inspire me so much that I even started i youtube channel fo animations about clasical music composers. Thank you so muc for you great job!!
Amadeus is my favorite movie, Amadeus is my favorite composer (along with Bach).
I loved your video, thank you.
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you
Mozart's piano concertos are what convinced me Mozart was the king of all composers. There's nothing like them. They, and the other music he composed contemporaneously, are what take him from being just a very good classical composer like Haydn, to being something transcendent, which makes you forget sometimes that you are even listening to classical music.
"What I would say is that I like playing Bach because it is entertaining to play a good fugue, but I do not acknowledge in him (as others do) a great genius. Handel for me has very much a fourth-rate significance, and in his music there isn't even anything entertaining. Gluck, despite the relative poverty of his creative faculty, I find attractive. I like a thing or two in Haydn's music. However, all these four big shots [[[Bach]], Handel, Gluck, and Haydn] are amalgamated in Mozart. He that knows Mozart knows everything that was good about these four, since, being the greatest and most powerful of musical Creators, he did not disdain to take them under his wing, thereby saving them from oblivion. They are like rays which are submerged in the sun that Mozart is." -P. I. Tchaikovsky ua-cam.com/video/PFXF0Aysh4w/v-deo.html
"In his chamber music Mozart captivates one by the charm and purity of his facture, by the amazing beauty of his voice leading, but sometimes one does come across things which bring tears to your eyes. I would like to point out to you the Adagio from the G minor quintet. Nobody before or after has expressed so beautifully in music feelings of resigned, helpless grief. When Laubplayed this Adagio, I would always hide in the remotest corner of the hall so that no one could see what effect his music had on me." -P. I. Tchaikovsky ua-cam.com/video/-RWsgnZZrZQ/v-deo.html
Can you please do Why Vivaldi is a Genius?
That will be owesome and sad at the same time.
YES! PLEASE!!!!!!
I'm so happy to know that someone else has the same question lol
I agree!
The four season is just oh my god!
My compliments. A short but Comprehensive work on introducing The God of Music. A great way to make Mozart known to kids. Thank you
Fantastic. Thank you sir
Man, your videos are good! I never understood all the fuss about Mozart, but your videos convinced me. Thanks for summing up Mozart so nicely.
Beautiful! Mozart is definitely a God among mortals when it comes to music.
I really enjoy clasical music, bug i have no rwal knowledge about it.
I think the idea you want to express about Mozart is clear, but it seems to have a bit of subjectivness in some appreciations.
Any how, great video!!
And Mozart, will live forever!!