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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: Interesting analogy posted by Penguin on January 21, 2015 at 10:22:37:
Mozart is a difficult composer, but his music wouldn't be so great if he weren't! Anyway, in my experience, the key to appreciating a difficult composer is to listen to lots of his work (and music in a similar style). At some point it all clicks, and then you're in nirvana.
That being said, most experienced Mozart listeners will say that one of the remarkable things about Mozart is that his music *doesn't* seem forced or difficult, but seems to proceed naturally. It's artifice, of course, but he was the great master of it, as well as having a special affinity for the human voice, and probably the greatest melodist of all time (no accident that Tchaikovsky worshipped him). Maybe you're listening too analytically, trying too hard?
I think we know a lot about his character, his life was well documented and his letters are very revealing. He was ("Amadeus" notwithstanding) a serious man, with however a fun side. Sociable, somewhat childish, brilliant and witty, irresponsible, expressive and emotional, somewhat show-offish (think Leonard Bernstein), with an unfortunate tendency to badmouth rival composers but by the same token expressing enthusiasm and admiration for great ones like Haydn and Bach. He would gladly play for hours for those who wanted to listen. Contemporaries say that you had to hear him work out his ideas at the keyboard to appreciate the depth of his genius. And of course, through most of the career we know, he was young. He starts to mature as well all do at 30 and that of course can be heard in his music.
All in all, a wonderful man.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Interesting analogy - josh358 17:24:43 01/21/15 (10)
- That is cool - Penguin 21:12:03 01/21/15 (9)
- RE: That is cool - josh358 08:29:08 01/22/15 (8)
- Never had issues with complex music - Penguin 20:07:02 01/22/15 (7)
- RE: Never had issues with complex music - josh358 07:56:09 01/23/15 (6)
- Well, as they said in "Vertigo", "Mozart's the boy for you!" - Chris from Lafayette 16:04:23 01/25/15 (1)
- RE: Well, as they said in "Vertigo", "Mozart's the boy for you!" - josh358 19:13:07 01/25/15 (0)
- hmm - Penguin 17:33:19 01/23/15 (3)
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