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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Who needs home keys? And why I hate Mozart...... posted by andy evans on January 3, 2017 at 06:22:54:
What I really hate is Schnabel's tired old dictum, "Mozart - too easy for children, too difficult for adults." What a crock!
Moreover, the musicians who tend to specialize in Mozart and the late 18th century almost never tend to be interesting either (just IMHO - of course there are a few exceptions).
Nevertheless, if we look at other aspects of the music besides its restricted harmony (and it DOES feel restricted most of the time!), there are indeed some interesting aspects to Mozart's works:There are other interesting elements in Mozart's music, some of which have already been mentioned in other posts. Mozart is one of my wife's favorite composers, and I sometimes quote her the line in Hitchcock's "Vertigo": "Mozart's the boy for you!" ;-)
- Counterpoint (Jupiter Symphony, C-minor Mass, Requiem, etc.)
- Macro Rhythm (e.g., the C-major String Quintet, with its five-measure groupings at the very beginning)
- Color (the C-minor Wind Serenade, K. 388 - also the two previous wind Serenades)
- Chromaticism (I admit this doesn't occur very often, but check out the Rondo in A-minor, K. 511, for piano)
- Terrific technical challenges for singers (most obviously, Queen of the Night, but other roles too)
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- Mozart isn't my favorite composer either, but, certainly, he has his moments - Chris from Lafayette 10:58:01 01/03/17 (0)
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