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* Among Mozart's various serenades and divertimenti, the best known is the Serenade for Strings in G major nicknamed ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gdRRV8wm4 Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]''. Flanking an easy-going Romanze and a stately minuet are two movements of pure joy and merriment; the first movement in particular opens with [[StandardSnippet one of classical music's most instantly recognisable melodies]] and just gets better from there, while the finale may be familiar to [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] listeners as the theme to the long-running quiz show ''Brain of Britain''.
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* Among Mozart's various serenades and divertimenti, the best known is the Serenade for Strings in G major nicknamed ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gdRRV8wm4 com/watch?v=o1FSN8_pp_o Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]''. Flanking an easy-going Romanze and a stately minuet are two movements of pure joy and merriment; the first movement in particular opens with [[StandardSnippet one of classical music's most instantly recognisable melodies]] and just gets better from there, while the finale may be familiar to [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] listeners as the theme to the long-running quiz show ''Brain of Britain''.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmMFMJOYlA No.39 in E-flat major]] begins with a grand gesture to herald a slow introduction that leads into one of his most inventive and elaborate symphonic first movements. After a genial Andante, the third movement places a delightful clarinet solo-led Ländler in the middle of a forceful minuet, and the playful finale sees the various sections of the orchestra winding scalar passages around each other.
** Just one month after polishing off Symphony No.39, Mozart put the finishing touches on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlFGDbPxsY No.40 in G minor.]] The restless first movement has survived overexposure as a popular ringtone in the early 2000s and still reels in the listener straight away, and the remaining movements - a lyrical Andante, an angry minuet (unsuitable for dancing!), and a highly chromatic finale - are just as memorable, and show Mozart at the height of his abilities with counterpoint.
** And within two weeks of completing Symphony No.40, Mozart gave the world [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RbKWhr0o1c No.41 in C major]] (''Jupiter''). Once again, Mozart grabs the listener's attention straight away with the boisterous opening measure, and keeps it throughout a deightful sonata allegro, one of his most beautiful slow movements, a minuet that cleverly foreshadows one of the main themes of the finale, and the finale itself, a masterpiece of counterpoint in which, in the coda, Mozart rotates the ''five'' main themes of the movement around the five string instruments (first and second violins, violas, cellos, basses). Together with No.39 and No.40, it represents the apex of the Classical-era symphony.
** Just one month after polishing off Symphony No.39, Mozart put the finishing touches on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlFGDbPxsY No.40 in G minor.]] The restless first movement has survived overexposure as a popular ringtone in the early 2000s and still reels in the listener straight away, and the remaining movements - a lyrical Andante, an angry minuet (unsuitable for dancing!), and a highly chromatic finale - are just as memorable, and show Mozart at the height of his abilities with counterpoint.
** And within two weeks of completing Symphony No.40, Mozart gave the world [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RbKWhr0o1c No.41 in C major]] (''Jupiter''). Once again, Mozart grabs the listener's attention straight away with the boisterous opening measure, and keeps it throughout a deightful sonata allegro, one of his most beautiful slow movements, a minuet that cleverly foreshadows one of the main themes of the finale, and the finale itself, a masterpiece of counterpoint in which, in the coda, Mozart rotates the ''five'' main themes of the movement around the five string instruments (first and second violins, violas, cellos, basses). Together with No.39 and No.40, it represents the apex of the Classical-era symphony.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmMFMJOYlA com/watch?v=rM1LA_bngMQ No.39 in E-flat major]] begins with a grand gesture to herald a slow introduction that leads into one of his most inventive and elaborate symphonic first movements. After a genial Andante, the third movement places a delightful clarinet solo-led Ländler in the middle of a forceful minuet, and the playful finale sees the various sections of the orchestra winding scalar passages around each other.
** Just one month after polishing off Symphony No.39, Mozart put the finishing touches on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlFGDbPxsY com/watch?v=p8bZ7vm4_6M No.40 in G minor.]] The restless first movement has survived overexposure as a popular ringtone in the early 2000s and still reels in the listener straight away, and the remaining movements - a lyrical Andante, an angry minuet (unsuitable for dancing!), and a highly chromatic finale - are just as memorable, and show Mozart at the height of his abilities with counterpoint.
** And within two weeks of completing Symphony No.40, Mozart gave the world [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RbKWhr0o1c No.41 in C major]] (''Jupiter''). Once again, Mozart grabs the listener's attention straight away with the boisterous opening measure, and keeps it throughout a deightful sonata allegro, one of his most beautiful slow movements, a minuet that cleverly foreshadows one of the main themes of the finale, and the finale itself, a masterpiece of counterpoint in which, in the coda, Mozart rotates the ''five'' main themes of the movement around the five string instruments (first and second violins, violas, cellos, basses). Together with No.39 and No.40, 40 (and Music/JosephHaydn's ''London'' symphonies), it represents the apex of the Classical-era symphony.
** Just one month after polishing off Symphony No.39, Mozart put the finishing touches on [[https://www.youtube.
** And within two weeks of completing Symphony No.40, Mozart gave the world [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RbKWhr0o1c No.41 in C major]] (''Jupiter''). Once again, Mozart grabs the listener's attention straight away with the boisterous opening measure, and keeps it throughout a deightful sonata allegro, one of his most beautiful slow movements, a minuet that cleverly foreshadows one of the main themes of the finale, and the finale itself, a masterpiece of counterpoint in which, in the coda, Mozart rotates the ''five'' main themes of the movement around the five string instruments (first and second violins, violas, cellos, basses). Together with No.39 and No.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCYycVNrLTI No.21 in C major]] has at its centre one of the most outstandingly beautiful slow movements Mozart ever composed; it was used to great effect in the 1967 Swedish film ''Elvira Madigan''. The outer movements are just as rewarding to hear.
** Although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw6A7RpooJQ No.22 in E-flat major]] is somewhat overshadowed by the two pairs of concerti just before and after it, it still follows the lead of No.9 by packing four movements of awesome into just three movements with another minuet interlude in the finale, and the extroverted opening movement is an utter delight.
** Although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw6A7RpooJQ No.22 in E-flat major]] is somewhat overshadowed by the two pairs of concerti just before and after it, it still follows the lead of No.9 by packing four movements of awesome into just three movements with another minuet interlude in the finale, and the extroverted opening movement is an utter delight.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCYycVNrLTI com/watch?v=fNU-XAZjhzA No.21 in C major]] has at its centre one of the most outstandingly beautiful slow movements Mozart ever composed; it was used to great effect in the 1967 Swedish film ''Elvira Madigan''. The outer movements are just as rewarding to hear.
** Although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw6A7RpooJQ com/watch?v=fA3ri7xs4BQ No.22 in E-flat major]] is somewhat overshadowed by the two pairs of concerti just before and after it, it still follows the lead of No.9 by packing four movements of awesome into just three movements with another minuet interlude in the finale, and the extroverted opening movement is an utter delight.
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** Each of the major woodwind instruments - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07rZJfVZo8 flute,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmEkPQwk2Y oboe,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3EJqvKhYzY clarinet,]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4LboPMextw bassoon]] - gets a concerto from the master, every one a winner. The clarinet concerto, written near the end of Mozart's life, is perhaps the most famous of the four, with a wealth of melodic brilliance in all three movements.
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** Each of the four major woodwind instruments - gets a concerto from the master, every one a winner.
*** Mozart was just 18 years old when he composed the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07rZJfVZo8 flute,]] com/watch?v=W4LboPMextw Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major,]] a piece so effortlessly charming that it is by far the most frequently performed work in the bassoon repertoire, and the first two movements have become staples of orchestral auditions for the instrument.
*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmEkPQwk2Y oboe,]] com/watch?v=eDrVtXPpuRI Oboe Concerto in C major,]] written when Mozart was 21, opens with an effervescent sonata allegro and finishes with a joyful rondo, while hidden in the middle is an almost vocal slow movement that highlights the oboe's more expressive side. A year later, Mozart transposed the concerto up a whole tone and tweaked the solo part to create a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3EJqvKhYzY clarinet,]] and com/watch?v=kPUYn_wpHeI flute concerto in D major.]]
*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4LboPMextw bassoon]] - gets a concerto from com/watch?v=H07rZJfVZo8 Flute Concerto in G major]] weaves its genial opening melody throughout the master, every one a winner. first movement as it is passed back and forth between the soloist and the orchestra, who then get more equal shares of the spotlight in the second movement. The clarinet concerto, written near the end of minuet-like finale rounds things off in style.[[note]] Both flute concerti - as well as Mozart's life, is perhaps two flute quartets - were commissioned by the most famous Dutch surgeon and amateur flautist Ferdinand Dejean, though the full commission was for three concerti.[[/note]]
*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3EJqvKhYzY Clarinet Concerto in A major]] was completed just a few weeks before Mozart's death, and it shows his gift for melody still burning as bright as ever. From the lyrical melodies of thefour, opening sonata allegro, to the serenity of the Adagio, to the buoyant energy of the "sonata rondo" finale, it is packed with a wealth of melodic brilliance in all three movements.outstanding musicality that has made it popular with audiences for generations.
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*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3EJqvKhYzY Clarinet Concerto in A major]] was completed just a few weeks before Mozart's death, and it shows his gift for melody still burning as bright as ever. From the lyrical melodies of the
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** The jagged [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHj-PhnA9s No.14 in C minor]] (nearly always preceded in performances and recordings by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfcuLFNe_E Fantasy]] in the same key) has a first movement that blasts off up a C minor arpeggio and just gets better from there, followed by one of the composer's loveliest slow movements for piano solo (with a theme that, like many other aspects of the C minor sonata, seems to predict Beethoven's ''Pathetique'' sonata in the same key, composed fifteen years later) and a stormy rondo finale.
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** The jagged [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHj-PhnA9s com/watch?v=gA8m1QPv1yQ No.14 in C minor]] (nearly always preceded in performances and recordings by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfcuLFNe_E com/watch?v=JLuevWYUTig Fantasy]] in the same key) has a first movement that blasts off up a C minor arpeggio and just gets better from there, followed by one of the composer's loveliest slow movements for piano solo (with a theme that, like many other aspects of the C minor sonata, seems to predict Beethoven's ''Pathetique'' sonata in the same key, composed fifteen years later) and a stormy rondo finale.
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** ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'' was a huge success from the first performances, and with such moments as an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsk70zWGZyY overture]] that practically buzzes with giddy anticipation and Cherubino's aria [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7y3_SZqNi4 "Voi che sapete",]] it's not hard to see why audiences have always loved it.
** Mozart's own favourite among his operas - and, according to his wife Constanze, his favourite among all his compositions - was ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', also one of his darkest operas. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjVCbTo5F0 overture]] sets the tone for the opera, with a heavy minor key introduction that gives way to major key merriment. Vocal highlights include the love duet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzKIjd1myE "Là ci darem la mano",]] which gives a sense of why so many women have fallen for Don Giovanni's charms.
** Mozart's own favourite among his operas - and, according to his wife Constanze, his favourite among all his compositions - was ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', also one of his darkest operas. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjVCbTo5F0 overture]] sets the tone for the opera, with a heavy minor key introduction that gives way to major key merriment. Vocal highlights include the love duet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzKIjd1myE "Là ci darem la mano",]] which gives a sense of why so many women have fallen for Don Giovanni's charms.
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** ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'' was a huge success from the first performances, and with such moments as an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsk70zWGZyY overture]] that practically buzzes with giddy anticipation and Cherubino's aria [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7y3_SZqNi4 com/watch?v=38kxrpOCZlY "Voi che sapete",]] it's not hard to see why audiences have always loved it.
** Mozart's own favourite among his operas - and, according to his wife Constanze, his favourite among all his compositions - was ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', also one of his darkest operas. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjVCbTo5F0 overture]] sets the tone for the opera, with a heavy minor key introduction that gives way to major key merriment. Vocal highlights include the love duet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzKIjd1myE com/watch?v=ODoVomoMktk "Là ci darem la mano",]] which gives a sense of why so many women have fallen for Don Giovanni's charms.
** Mozart's own favourite among his operas - and, according to his wife Constanze, his favourite among all his compositions - was ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', also one of his darkest operas. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjVCbTo5F0 overture]] sets the tone for the opera, with a heavy minor key introduction that gives way to major key merriment. Vocal highlights include the love duet [[https://www.youtube.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhjszZNZvk No.20 in D minor]] is the first Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and the first movement is appropriately tense and dramatic, while the fiery third movement eventually gives way to a triumphant, edge-of-the-seat coda.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhjszZNZvk No.20 in D minor]] is the first Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, [[{{Scales}} key]], and the first movement is appropriately tense and dramatic, while the fiery third movement eventually gives way to a triumphant, edge-of-the-seat coda.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA No.25 in G minor,]] used to memorable effect in the film version of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'', hits the ground running with its furious syncopated opening measures, leading straight into one of the more captivating uses of the "Mannheim rocket" (a rising arpeggio) and, eventually, to an equally frenzied second subject. If that wasn't enough, the symphony also has an affable slow movement, a stately minuet, and a dark finale that preserves the minor tonality to the very end.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA No.25 in G minor,]] used to memorable effect in the film version of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'', hits the ground running with its furious syncopated opening measures, leading straight into one of the more captivating uses of the "Mannheim rocket" (a rising arpeggio) and, eventually, to an equally frenzied second subject. If that wasn't enough, the symphony also has an affable slow movement, a stately minuet, and a dark finale that preserves the minor tonality {{tonality}} to the very end.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No.26 in E-flat major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustavMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No.26 in E-flat major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustavMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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* Mozart composed his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4IXXpTHjok first symphony]] when he was eight years old; much more awesomeness followed from there.
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* Mozart composed his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4IXXpTHjok first symphony]] when he was just eight years old; much more awesomeness followed from there.
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_e7K7io92g Requiem Mass]] was the last piece Mozart began composing; left unfinished at his death[[note]]His student, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, sketched it to completion, but the quality (and quantity) of Süssmayr's contributions is a subject of considerable debate.[[/note]], it is still packed with awesome in every measure. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARO7ZjsXSkE "Dies irae"]] is a shining example, and "Confutatis, maledictis" will leave you breathless. (This was the one that Mozart was doing additive composition on with Salieri near the end of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.)
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_e7K7io92g com/watch?v=S_e7K7io92g&t=5m Requiem Mass]] was the last piece Mozart began composing; left unfinished at his death[[note]]His student, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, sketched it to completion, but the quality (and quantity) of Süssmayr's contributions is a subject of considerable debate.[[/note]], it is still packed with awesome in every measure. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARO7ZjsXSkE "Dies irae"]] is a shining example, and "Confutatis, maledictis" will leave you breathless. (This was the one that Mozart was doing additive composition on with Salieri near the end of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.)
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** The Requiem was also used to great effect in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' during Nightcrawler's attack on the White House, and in [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty World at War]], when you, as the Russian, sack Berlin.
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** The Requiem was also used to great effect in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' during Nightcrawler's attack on the White House, and in [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty World at War]], when you, you sack Berlin as the Russian, sack Berlin.and at the end of ''Film/ComeAndSee''.
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* The Requiem Mass was the last piece Mozart began composing; left unfinished at his death[[note]]His student, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, sketched it to completion, but the quality (and quantity) of Süssmayr's contributions is a subject of considerable debate.[[/note]], it is still packed with awesome in every measure. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARO7ZjsXSkE "Dies irae"]] is a shining example, and "Confutatis, maledictis" will leave you breathless. (This was the one that Mozart was doing additive composition on with Salieri near the end of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.)
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_e7K7io92g Requiem Mass Mass]] was the last piece Mozart began composing; left unfinished at his death[[note]]His student, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, sketched it to completion, but the quality (and quantity) of Süssmayr's contributions is a subject of considerable debate.[[/note]], it is still packed with awesome in every measure. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARO7ZjsXSkE "Dies irae"]] is a shining example, and "Confutatis, maledictis" will leave you breathless. (This was the one that Mozart was doing additive composition on with Salieri near the end of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.)
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No. 26 in Eb major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustavMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No. 26 in Eb E-flat major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustavMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No. 26 in Eb major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustaveMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No. 26 in Eb major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustaveMahler, Music/GustavMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No. 26 in Eb major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Music/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustaveMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPL1cfYuD8 No. 26 in Eb major]], with its magnificent harmonies, chromatics, and its seeming anticipation of (possibly inspiration for) later composers like Music/JohannesBrahms, Creator/JohannesBrahms, Music/GustaveMahler, and even [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. It is also reported to be very effective for creating a bridge between cultures that are meeting for the first time.
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** Mozart's Requiem is also notable for being one of the first headbang-able pieces of music ever written. Seriously. Mozart invented heavy metal. And Punk, according to some pundits.
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** Mozart's Requiem is also notable for being one of the first headbang-able pieces of music ever written. Seriously. Mozart invented heavy metal. And Punk, according to some pundits. When Music/{{Falco}} described Mozart as a "punker", he may not have ''just'' been referring to Mozart's "rock star" appeal.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhjszZNZvk No.20 in D minor]] is the first Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and the first movement is appropriately tense and dramatic; the fiery third movement eventually gives way to a triumphant, edge-of-the-seat coda.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhjszZNZvk No.20 in D minor]] is the first Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and the first movement is appropriately tense and dramatic; dramatic, while the fiery third movement eventually gives way to a triumphant, edge-of-the-seat coda.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRE2wIFbW8 No.27 in B-flat major]] sees Mozart experimenting with style and form in a way he had not previously attempted, and it provides a tantalising glimpse of the sort of artistic direction he might have taken had he not died so young.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRE2wIFbW8 No.27 in B-flat major]] sees Mozart the composer experimenting with style and form in a way he had not previously attempted, and it provides a tantalising glimpse of the sort of artistic direction he might have taken had he not died so young.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRE2wIFbW8 No.27 in B-flat major]] sees the composer experimenting with style and form in a way he had not previously attempted, and it provides a tantalising glimpse of the sort of artistic direction he might have taken had he not died so young.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRE2wIFbW8 No.27 in B-flat major]] sees the composer Mozart experimenting with style and form in a way he had not previously attempted, and it provides a tantalising glimpse of the sort of artistic direction he might have taken had he not died so young.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhjszZNZvk No.20 in D minor]] is the first Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and the first movement is appropriately tense and dramatic, while dramatic; the fiery third movement eventually gives way to a triumphant, edge-of-the-seat coda.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yRart11vI No.31 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Paris'' symphony, is a work of Mozart's early twenties from when he was job hunting in the French capital. He took advantage of the large orchestra available to him to compose his first symphony to feature clarinets, as well as flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and an enlarged string section. His father Leopold found it a noisy symphony, but it is a glorious showcase of Mozart's gift for melody and orchestration.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yRart11vI No.31 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Paris'' symphony, major]] (''Paris'') is a work of Mozart's early twenties from when he was job hunting in the French capital. He took advantage of the large orchestra available to him to compose his first symphony to feature clarinets, as well as flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and an enlarged string section. His father Leopold found it a noisy symphony, but it is a glorious showcase of Mozart's gift for melody and orchestration.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWKqAALQztw No.36 in C major,]] the ''Linz'', was written in just ''four days'' when Mozart, on a journey from Salzburg to Vienna with his wife, made a stopover in the town that lends the symphony its nickname and the local count decided to announce a concert featuring the visiting maestro. Even when composing at short notice, Mozart could still craft a piece full of outstanding melodies; the Siciliano-influenced slow movement is a particular highlight.
** Mozart paid tribute to his considerable fanbase in the Bohemian capital city with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP3LtqTj4Fg No.38 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Prague''. Though in just three movements, its first movement has a slow introduction so long and substantial that is almost a movement of its own, and the ensuing sonata allegro (which is reminiscent of several of Mozart's operatic overtures) presents and develops at least ''six'' major ideas where most Classical-era symphonies seldom used more than three, and yet it retains a sense of cohesion throughout.
** Mozart paid tribute to his considerable fanbase in the Bohemian capital city with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP3LtqTj4Fg No.38 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Prague''. Though in just three movements, its first movement has a slow introduction so long and substantial that is almost a movement of its own, and the ensuing sonata allegro (which is reminiscent of several of Mozart's operatic overtures) presents and develops at least ''six'' major ideas where most Classical-era symphonies seldom used more than three, and yet it retains a sense of cohesion throughout.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWKqAALQztw No.36 in C major,]] the ''Linz'', major]] (''Linz'') was written in just ''four days'' when Mozart, on a journey from Salzburg to Vienna with his wife, made a stopover in the town that lends the symphony its nickname and the local count decided to announce a concert featuring the visiting maestro. Even when composing at short notice, Mozart could still craft a piece full of outstanding melodies; the Siciliano-influenced slow movement is a particular highlight.
** Mozart paid tribute to his considerable fanbase in the Bohemian capital city with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP3LtqTj4Fg No.38 in Dmajor,]] nicknamed the ''Prague''.major]] (''Prague''). Though in just three movements, its first movement has a slow introduction so long and substantial that is almost a movement of its own, and the ensuing sonata allegro (which is reminiscent of several of Mozart's operatic overtures) presents and develops at least ''six'' major ideas where most Classical-era symphonies seldom used more than three, and yet it retains a sense of cohesion throughout.
** Mozart paid tribute to his considerable fanbase in the Bohemian capital city with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP3LtqTj4Fg No.38 in D
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** And within two weeks of completing Symphony No.40, Mozart gave the world [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RbKWhr0o1c No.41 in C major,]] known as the ''Jupiter''. Once again, Mozart grabs the listener's attention straight away with the boisterous opening measure, and keeps it throughout a deightful sonata allegro, one of his most beautiful slow movements, a minuet that cleverly foreshadows one of the main themes of the finale, and the finale itself, a masterpiece of counterpoint in which, in the coda, Mozart rotates the ''five'' main themes of the movement around the five string instruments (first and second violins, violas, cellos, basses). Together with No.39 and No.40, it represents the apex of the Classical-era symphony.
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** Of his five violin concerti, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUIQjZT_8Y No.5 in A major, the "Turkish",]] is rightly the most famous for both its gorgeous melodies and technical difficulty for the soloist, although the ever-shifting tempi of the finale of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La08LYpRiWY No.4 in D major]] make for a memorable conclusion.
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* Mozart is one of the five most frequently performed operatic composers (along with Music/GioachinoRossini, Music/GiuseppeVerdi, Music/RichardWagner, and Music/GiacomoPuccini). As a bonus, he is the only one of the five who composed operas with libretti in Italian ''and'' German.
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* Among Mozart's various serenades and divertimenti, the best known is the Serenade for Strings in G major nicknamed ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gdRRV8wm4 Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]''. Flanking an easy-going Romanze and a stately minuet are two movements of pure joy and merriment; the first movement in particular opens with one of classical music's most instantly recognisable melodies and just gets better from there, while the finale may be familiar to [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] listeners as the theme to the long-running quiz show ''Brain of Britain''.
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* Among Mozart's various serenades and divertimenti, the best known is the Serenade for Strings in G major nicknamed ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gdRRV8wm4 Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]''. Flanking an easy-going Romanze and a stately minuet are two movements of pure joy and merriment; the first movement in particular opens with [[StandardSnippet one of classical music's most instantly recognisable melodies melodies]] and just gets better from there, while the finale may be familiar to [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] listeners as the theme to the long-running quiz show ''Brain of Britain''.
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* The ''Krönungsmesse'' ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ZNdw1jXg4 link to the Kyrie]]) is [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning Awesome Music of Crowning]].
* He wrote a song titled "Leck mich im Arsch" which, in German, means [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leck_mich_im_Arsch "Kiss my ass".]] We need a Funny Music section for that.
* Mozart composed his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4IXXpTHjok first symphony]] when he was eight years old; much more awesomeness followed from there.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA No.25 in G minor,]] used to memorable effect in the film version of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'', hits the ground running with its furious syncopated opening measures, leading straight into one of the more captivating uses of the "Mannheim rocket" (a rising arpeggio) and, eventually, to an equally frenzied second subject. If that wasn't enough, the symphony also has an affable slow movement, a stately minuet, and a dark finale that preserves the minor tonality to the very end.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjvYa9qPY-w No.29 in A major]] was also used in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'', its graceful falling octave opening gesture returning in style in the finale, providing a sense of unity to a charming symphony that almost has the intimacy of chamber music.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yRart11vI No.31 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Paris'' symphony, is a work of Mozart's early twenties from when he was job hunting in the French capital. He took advantage of the large orchestra available to him to compose his first symphony to feature clarinets, as well as flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and an enlarged string section. His father Leopold found it a noisy symphony, but it is a glorious showcase of Mozart's gift for melody and orchestration.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyXLhga7zpQ No.35 in D major]] is nicknamed the ''Haffner'' after the Salzburg family who commissioned it for the ennoblement of one of their members, and grew out of a serenade Mozart originally planned for the occasion. It grabs the listener straight away with a fiery opening theme that repeatedly jumps back and forth across two octaves, and the energy remains at fever pitch for most of the first movement. After a respite in the slow movement, it's back to adrenaline with a particularly extroverted minuet and a finale bursting with life and merriment.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWKqAALQztw No.36 in C major,]] the ''Linz'', was written in just ''four days'' when Mozart, on a journey from Salzburg to Vienna with his wife, made a stopover in the town that lends the symphony its nickname and the local count decided to announce a concert featuring the visiting maestro. Even when composing at short notice, Mozart could still craft a piece full of outstanding melodies; the Siciliano-influenced slow movement is a particular highlight.
** Mozart paid tribute to his considerable fanbase in the Bohemian capital city with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP3LtqTj4Fg No.38 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Prague''. Though in just three movements, its first movement has a slow introduction so long and substantial that is almost a movement of its own, and the ensuing sonata allegro (which is reminiscent of several of Mozart's operatic overtures) presents and develops at least ''six'' major ideas where most Classical-era symphonies seldom used more than three, and yet it retains a sense of cohesion throughout.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmMFMJOYlA No.39 in E-flat major]] begins with a grand gesture to herald a slow introduction that leads into one of his most inventive and elaborate symphonic first movements. After a genial Andante, the third movement places a delightful clarinet solo-led Ländler in the middle of a forceful minuet, and the playful finale sees the various sections of the orchestra winding scalar passages around each other.
** Just one month after polishing off Symphony No.39, Mozart put the finishing touches on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlFGDbPxsY No.40 in G minor.]] The restless first movement has survived overexposure as a popular ringtone in the early 2000s and still reels in the listener straight away, and the remaining movements - a lyrical Andante, an angry minuet (unsuitable for dancing!), and a highly chromatic finale - are just as memorable, and show Mozart at the height of his abilities with counterpoint.
** And within two weeks of completing Symphony No.40, Mozart gave the world [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RbKWhr0o1c No.41 in C major,]] known as the ''Jupiter''. Once again, Mozart grabs the listener's attention straight away with the boisterous opening measure, and keeps it throughout a deightful sonata allegro, one of his most beautiful slow movements, a minuet that cleverly foreshadows one of the main themes of the finale, and the finale itself, a masterpiece of counterpoint in which, in the coda, Mozart rotates the ''five'' main themes of the movement around the five string instruments (first and second violins, violas, cellos, basses). Together with No.39 and No.40, it represents the apex of the Classical-era symphony.
* Mozart was a prolific composer of piano concerti, credited with either 23 or 27 (his first four were arrangements of works by other composers), twelve of them (Nos.14-25) written in the space of just two years, and while they may not have the virtuosic fireworks of the piano concerti of the Romantic era, they are packed with memorable and delightful melodies and harmonies.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB-bw7WodLY No.9 in E-flat major]] (''Jeunehomme'')[[note]] Actually a mistranscription of the last name of the work's dedicatee, Victoire Jenamy.[[/note]] made the then-audacious move of introducing the solo pianist in only the second measure rather than after an extended orchestral ritornello (which instead comes after the piano's first flourishes). The concerto also manages to fit a four-movement structure into just three movements with a minuet interlude in the sparkling finale. Truly one of Mozart's early gems.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcgHXqjeLx8 No.10 in E-flat major]] is scored for ''two'' pianos and orchestra, and the ingenious back-and-forth between the two soloists makes for one of the most exhilarating Mozart pieces both to hear and to play, from the quadruple octave trill with which the pianos make their dramatic entrance through a charming slow movement and a buoyant finale.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLK1f_C4Bpg No.17 in G major]] is packed with delightful melodies from start to finish; the theme to the third movement set of variations is so catchy that Mozart's pet starling started singing it after listening to the composer playing it while writing the concerto.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhjszZNZvk No.20 in D minor]] is the first Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and the first movement is appropriately tense and dramatic, while the fiery third movement eventually gives way to a triumphant, edge-of-the-seat coda.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCYycVNrLTI No.21 in C major]] has at its centre one of the most outstandingly beautiful slow movements Mozart ever composed; it was used to great effect in the 1967 Swedish film ''Elvira Madigan''. The outer movements are just as rewarding to hear.
** Although [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw6A7RpooJQ No.22 in E-flat major]] is somewhat overshadowed by the two pairs of concerti just before and after it, it still follows the lead of No.9 by packing four movements of awesome into just three movements with another minuet interlude in the finale, and the extroverted opening movement is an utter delight.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s68kHOnpiE No.23 in A major]] features a heart-rending slow movement in F-sharp minor[[note]] Mozart's only composition in that key[[/note]] bracketed by a charming opening movement and a finale overflowing with life and energy.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PftH8FVzIRY No.24 in C minor]] is the second and last Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and while the first movement is once again overshadowed by the darkness of the tonality, this time the clouds do not break for the end of the theme and variations in the finale, for a conclusion that really sticks in the memory.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRE2wIFbW8 No.27 in B-flat major]] sees the composer experimenting with style and form in a way he had not previously attempted, and it provides a tantalising glimpse of the sort of artistic direction he might have taken had he not died so young.
* And Mozart didn't stop with the piano when it came to writing concerti.
** Of his five violin concerti, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUIQjZT_8Y No.5 in A major, the "Turkish",]] is rightly the most famous for both its gorgeous melodies and technical difficulty for the soloist, although the ever-shifting tempi of the finale of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La08LYpRiWY No.4 in D major]] make for a memorable conclusion.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szMu8si_YYQ Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major]] is a compelling musical argument for the adage that "two heads are better than one", with the solo violin and viola winding outstandingly beautiful melodies around each other in a masterpiece of counterpoint. The moment in the first movement when the two soloists almost seem to float in over the orchestra to make their initial entrance, one of the few passages in which they are playing in unison, is especially charming.
** Mozart's four concerti for French horn are still cornerstones of the instrument's repertoire. By far the most famous is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XELNRsN3Jx8 No.4 in E-flat major,]] especially its boisterous finale, but there's a lot to like about the other three as well (there are early hints of the famous finale of No.4 in the the finales of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzCiVyWx-Tk No.2 in E-flat major]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2koa4_m-0 No.3 in E-flat major]]).
** Each of the major woodwind instruments - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07rZJfVZo8 flute,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmEkPQwk2Y oboe,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3EJqvKhYzY clarinet,]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4LboPMextw bassoon]] - gets a concerto from the master, every one a winner. The clarinet concerto, written near the end of Mozart's life, is perhaps the most famous of the four, with a wealth of melodic brilliance in all three movements.
* Mozart's chamber music may not quite enjoy the popularity of his more large scale works, but there are some real winners in there.
** Of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6w4aL_O8M Quintet for Piano and Woodwinds in E-flat,]] Mozart wrote to his father, "I myself consider it to be the best thing that I have written in my life." The quintet's wealth of charming melodies and clever counterpoint make it easy to see why the composer was so proud of it; the passage in the introduction to the first movement in which the bassoon, horn, clarinet, and oboe take turns playing descending scalar figures over florid accompaniment in the piano is a highlight.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP9WzMLaNo0 Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat,]] a surprisingly happy piece given the misfortune that dogged Mozart's life at the time, is one of his masterpieces, framing alternating slow movements (one a theme and variations) and minuets (one with two trios instead of the standard one) with two lively movements in the home key; all six movements are utter delights, and the counterpoint is so dense that it's easy to forget there are just three musicians.[[note]] Beethoven was quite a fan of the piece; his Septet follows the same layout (replacing the second minuet with a scherzo and adding slow introductions to the first and last movements) and is in the same key.[[/note]]
* Mozart's piano sonatas include many fine examples of the form, and were an inspiration to many late Classical and early Romantic composers.
** The extroverted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TJTGOj03cU No.6 in D major]] (''Dürnitz'') moves through a lively sonata allegro and a polonaise-inspired slow movement to a finale which explores the limits of what can be done with a theme and variations in a piano sonata as it runs the theme through ''twelve'' variations.
** The anguished [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKs1WpMJ0X8 No.8 in A minor]] was composed shortly after Mozart's mother died, and frames a heartfelt Andante with two movements that are all fire and brimstone, especially the compact rondo finale.
** The genial [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VsqHXV8M3A No.11 in A major]] opens with one of Mozart's finest theme and variations movements, moves on to a stately minuet and trio, and finishes with the StandardSnippet-led Rondo alla Turca, deservedly one of the composer's most popular works and regularly used in films, television series, and video games.
** The jagged [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHj-PhnA9s No.14 in C minor]] (nearly always preceded in performances and recordings by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfcuLFNe_E Fantasy]] in the same key) has a first movement that blasts off up a C minor arpeggio and just gets better from there, followed by one of the composer's loveliest slow movements for piano solo (with a theme that, like many other aspects of the C minor sonata, seems to predict Beethoven's ''Pathetique'' sonata in the same key, composed fifteen years later) and a stormy rondo finale.
* Mozart is one of the five most frequently performed operatic composers (along with Music/GioachinoRossini, Music/GiuseppeVerdi, Music/RichardWagner, and Music/GiacomoPuccini). As a bonus, he is the only one of the five who composed operas with libretti in Italian ''and'' German.
** ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'' was a huge success from the first performances, and with such moments as an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsk70zWGZyY overture]] that practically buzzes with giddy anticipation and Cherubino's aria [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7y3_SZqNi4 "Voi che sapete",]] it's not hard to see why audiences have always loved it.
** Mozart's own favourite among his operas - and, according to his wife Constanze, his favourite among all his compositions - was ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', also one of his darkest operas. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjVCbTo5F0 overture]] sets the tone for the opera, with a heavy minor key introduction that gives way to major key merriment. Vocal highlights include the love duet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzKIjd1myE "Là ci darem la mano",]] which gives a sense of why so many women have fallen for Don Giovanni's charms.
** The light-hearted ''Theatre/CosiFanTutte'' starts with another of Mozart's classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZDXw6_OjtE overtures,]] and the quartet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4lkd8X3M-Y "Alla bella Despinetta"]] shows Mozart's flair for vocal counterpoint.
** Beethoven considered Mozart's masterpiece to be his final opera, ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''.[[note]] It was the last opera he completed; the last opera he ''started'' was ''La clemenza di Tito'' (''The Clemency of Titus''), but he finished the latter opera first.[[/note]] It includes yet another first rate [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Gedb05J5M overture]] that really takes off once the introduction gives way to the fugato statement of the main theme, and the Queen of the Night's aria [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02yf6RHIQjQ "Der Hölle Rache"]] is one of the most dazzling arias ever composed, requiring pitch perfect command of the very top of the soprano vocal register as it reaches [=F6=] ("high F") several times.[[note]] Mozart composed the role of the Queen of the Night for his sister-in-law Josepha Hofer, who was more than equal to the technical demands of "Der Hölle Rache", and Mozart is said to have imagined hearing her performing it while lying on his deathbed. At the other end of the spectrum, the aria was also a favourite of the famously terrible amateur singer Florence Foster Jenkins.[[/note]]
* Among Mozart's various serenades and divertimenti, the best known is the Serenade for Strings in G major nicknamed ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gdRRV8wm4 Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]''. Flanking an easy-going Romanze and a stately minuet are two movements of pure joy and merriment; the first movement in particular opens with one of classical music's most instantly recognisable melodies and just gets better from there, while the finale may be familiar to [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] listeners as the theme to the long-running quiz show ''Brain of Britain''.
* The Requiem Mass was the last piece Mozart began composing; left unfinished at his death[[note]]His student, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, sketched it to completion, but the quality (and quantity) of Süssmayr's contributions is a subject of considerable debate.[[/note]], it is still packed with awesome in every measure. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARO7ZjsXSkE "Dies irae"]] is a shining example, and "Confutatis, maledictis" will leave you breathless. (This was the one that Mozart was doing additive composition on with Salieri near the end of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.)
** Mozart's Requiem is also notable for being one of the first headbang-able pieces of music ever written. Seriously. Mozart invented heavy metal. And Punk, according to some pundits.
** The Requiem was also used to great effect in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' during Nightcrawler's attack on the White House, and in [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty World at War]], when you, as the Russian, sack Berlin.
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* The ''Krönungsmesse'' ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ZNdw1jXg4 link to the Kyrie]]) is [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning Awesome Music of Crowning]].
* He wrote a song titled "Leck mich im Arsch" which, in German, means [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leck_mich_im_Arsch "Kiss my ass".]] We need a Funny Music section for that.
* Mozart composed his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4IXXpTHjok first symphony]] when he was eight years old; much more awesomeness followed from there.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA No.25 in G minor,]] used to memorable effect in the film version of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'', hits the ground running with its furious syncopated opening measures, leading straight into one of the more captivating uses of the "Mannheim rocket" (a rising arpeggio) and, eventually, to an equally frenzied second subject. If that wasn't enough, the symphony also has an affable slow movement, a stately minuet, and a dark finale that preserves the minor tonality to the very end.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjvYa9qPY-w No.29 in A major]] was also used in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'', its graceful falling octave opening gesture returning in style in the finale, providing a sense of unity to a charming symphony that almost has the intimacy of chamber music.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yRart11vI No.31 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Paris'' symphony, is a work of Mozart's early twenties from when he was job hunting in the French capital. He took advantage of the large orchestra available to him to compose his first symphony to feature clarinets, as well as flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and an enlarged string section. His father Leopold found it a noisy symphony, but it is a glorious showcase of Mozart's gift for melody and orchestration.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyXLhga7zpQ No.35 in D major]] is nicknamed the ''Haffner'' after the Salzburg family who commissioned it for the ennoblement of one of their members, and grew out of a serenade Mozart originally planned for the occasion. It grabs the listener straight away with a fiery opening theme that repeatedly jumps back and forth across two octaves, and the energy remains at fever pitch for most of the first movement. After a respite in the slow movement, it's back to adrenaline with a particularly extroverted minuet and a finale bursting with life and merriment.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWKqAALQztw No.36 in C major,]] the ''Linz'', was written in just ''four days'' when Mozart, on a journey from Salzburg to Vienna with his wife, made a stopover in the town that lends the symphony its nickname and the local count decided to announce a concert featuring the visiting maestro. Even when composing at short notice, Mozart could still craft a piece full of outstanding melodies; the Siciliano-influenced slow movement is a particular highlight.
** Mozart paid tribute to his considerable fanbase in the Bohemian capital city with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP3LtqTj4Fg No.38 in D major,]] nicknamed the ''Prague''. Though in just three movements, its first movement has a slow introduction so long and substantial that is almost a movement of its own, and the ensuing sonata allegro (which is reminiscent of several of Mozart's operatic overtures) presents and develops at least ''six'' major ideas where most Classical-era symphonies seldom used more than three, and yet it retains a sense of cohesion throughout.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmMFMJOYlA No.39 in E-flat major]] begins with a grand gesture to herald a slow introduction that leads into one of his most inventive and elaborate symphonic first movements. After a genial Andante, the third movement places a delightful clarinet solo-led Ländler in the middle of a forceful minuet, and the playful finale sees the various sections of the orchestra winding scalar passages around each other.
** Just one month after polishing off Symphony No.39, Mozart put the finishing touches on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlFGDbPxsY No.40 in G minor.]] The restless first movement has survived overexposure as a popular ringtone in the early 2000s and still reels in the listener straight away, and the remaining movements - a lyrical Andante, an angry minuet (unsuitable for dancing!), and a highly chromatic finale - are just as memorable, and show Mozart at the height of his abilities with counterpoint.
** And within two weeks of completing Symphony No.40, Mozart gave the world [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RbKWhr0o1c No.41 in C major,]] known as the ''Jupiter''. Once again, Mozart grabs the listener's attention straight away with the boisterous opening measure, and keeps it throughout a deightful sonata allegro, one of his most beautiful slow movements, a minuet that cleverly foreshadows one of the main themes of the finale, and the finale itself, a masterpiece of counterpoint in which, in the coda, Mozart rotates the ''five'' main themes of the movement around the five string instruments (first and second violins, violas, cellos, basses). Together with No.39 and No.40, it represents the apex of the Classical-era symphony.
* Mozart was a prolific composer of piano concerti, credited with either 23 or 27 (his first four were arrangements of works by other composers), twelve of them (Nos.14-25) written in the space of just two years, and while they may not have the virtuosic fireworks of the piano concerti of the Romantic era, they are packed with memorable and delightful melodies and harmonies.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB-bw7WodLY No.9 in E-flat major]] (''Jeunehomme'')[[note]] Actually a mistranscription of the last name of the work's dedicatee, Victoire Jenamy.[[/note]] made the then-audacious move of introducing the solo pianist in only the second measure rather than after an extended orchestral ritornello (which instead comes after the piano's first flourishes). The concerto also manages to fit a four-movement structure into just three movements with a minuet interlude in the sparkling finale. Truly one of Mozart's early gems.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcgHXqjeLx8 No.10 in E-flat major]] is scored for ''two'' pianos and orchestra, and the ingenious back-and-forth between the two soloists makes for one of the most exhilarating Mozart pieces both to hear and to play, from the quadruple octave trill with which the pianos make their dramatic entrance through a charming slow movement and a buoyant finale.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLK1f_C4Bpg No.17 in G major]] is packed with delightful melodies from start to finish; the theme to the third movement set of variations is so catchy that Mozart's pet starling started singing it after listening to the composer playing it while writing the concerto.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhjszZNZvk No.20 in D minor]] is the first Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and the first movement is appropriately tense and dramatic, while the fiery third movement eventually gives way to a triumphant, edge-of-the-seat coda.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCYycVNrLTI No.21 in C major]] has at its centre one of the most outstandingly beautiful slow movements Mozart ever composed; it was used to great effect in the 1967 Swedish film ''Elvira Madigan''. The outer movements are just as rewarding to hear.
** Although [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw6A7RpooJQ No.22 in E-flat major]] is somewhat overshadowed by the two pairs of concerti just before and after it, it still follows the lead of No.9 by packing four movements of awesome into just three movements with another minuet interlude in the finale, and the extroverted opening movement is an utter delight.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s68kHOnpiE No.23 in A major]] features a heart-rending slow movement in F-sharp minor[[note]] Mozart's only composition in that key[[/note]] bracketed by a charming opening movement and a finale overflowing with life and energy.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PftH8FVzIRY No.24 in C minor]] is the second and last Mozart piano concerto in a minor key, and while the first movement is once again overshadowed by the darkness of the tonality, this time the clouds do not break for the end of the theme and variations in the finale, for a conclusion that really sticks in the memory.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRE2wIFbW8 No.27 in B-flat major]] sees the composer experimenting with style and form in a way he had not previously attempted, and it provides a tantalising glimpse of the sort of artistic direction he might have taken had he not died so young.
* And Mozart didn't stop with the piano when it came to writing concerti.
** Of his five violin concerti, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUIQjZT_8Y No.5 in A major, the "Turkish",]] is rightly the most famous for both its gorgeous melodies and technical difficulty for the soloist, although the ever-shifting tempi of the finale of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La08LYpRiWY No.4 in D major]] make for a memorable conclusion.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szMu8si_YYQ Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major]] is a compelling musical argument for the adage that "two heads are better than one", with the solo violin and viola winding outstandingly beautiful melodies around each other in a masterpiece of counterpoint. The moment in the first movement when the two soloists almost seem to float in over the orchestra to make their initial entrance, one of the few passages in which they are playing in unison, is especially charming.
** Mozart's four concerti for French horn are still cornerstones of the instrument's repertoire. By far the most famous is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XELNRsN3Jx8 No.4 in E-flat major,]] especially its boisterous finale, but there's a lot to like about the other three as well (there are early hints of the famous finale of No.4 in the the finales of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzCiVyWx-Tk No.2 in E-flat major]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2koa4_m-0 No.3 in E-flat major]]).
** Each of the major woodwind instruments - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07rZJfVZo8 flute,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmEkPQwk2Y oboe,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3EJqvKhYzY clarinet,]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4LboPMextw bassoon]] - gets a concerto from the master, every one a winner. The clarinet concerto, written near the end of Mozart's life, is perhaps the most famous of the four, with a wealth of melodic brilliance in all three movements.
* Mozart's chamber music may not quite enjoy the popularity of his more large scale works, but there are some real winners in there.
** Of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6w4aL_O8M Quintet for Piano and Woodwinds in E-flat,]] Mozart wrote to his father, "I myself consider it to be the best thing that I have written in my life." The quintet's wealth of charming melodies and clever counterpoint make it easy to see why the composer was so proud of it; the passage in the introduction to the first movement in which the bassoon, horn, clarinet, and oboe take turns playing descending scalar figures over florid accompaniment in the piano is a highlight.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP9WzMLaNo0 Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat,]] a surprisingly happy piece given the misfortune that dogged Mozart's life at the time, is one of his masterpieces, framing alternating slow movements (one a theme and variations) and minuets (one with two trios instead of the standard one) with two lively movements in the home key; all six movements are utter delights, and the counterpoint is so dense that it's easy to forget there are just three musicians.[[note]] Beethoven was quite a fan of the piece; his Septet follows the same layout (replacing the second minuet with a scherzo and adding slow introductions to the first and last movements) and is in the same key.[[/note]]
* Mozart's piano sonatas include many fine examples of the form, and were an inspiration to many late Classical and early Romantic composers.
** The extroverted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TJTGOj03cU No.6 in D major]] (''Dürnitz'') moves through a lively sonata allegro and a polonaise-inspired slow movement to a finale which explores the limits of what can be done with a theme and variations in a piano sonata as it runs the theme through ''twelve'' variations.
** The anguished [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKs1WpMJ0X8 No.8 in A minor]] was composed shortly after Mozart's mother died, and frames a heartfelt Andante with two movements that are all fire and brimstone, especially the compact rondo finale.
** The genial [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VsqHXV8M3A No.11 in A major]] opens with one of Mozart's finest theme and variations movements, moves on to a stately minuet and trio, and finishes with the StandardSnippet-led Rondo alla Turca, deservedly one of the composer's most popular works and regularly used in films, television series, and video games.
** The jagged [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHj-PhnA9s No.14 in C minor]] (nearly always preceded in performances and recordings by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfcuLFNe_E Fantasy]] in the same key) has a first movement that blasts off up a C minor arpeggio and just gets better from there, followed by one of the composer's loveliest slow movements for piano solo (with a theme that, like many other aspects of the C minor sonata, seems to predict Beethoven's ''Pathetique'' sonata in the same key, composed fifteen years later) and a stormy rondo finale.
* Mozart is one of the five most frequently performed operatic composers (along with Music/GioachinoRossini, Music/GiuseppeVerdi, Music/RichardWagner, and Music/GiacomoPuccini). As a bonus, he is the only one of the five who composed operas with libretti in Italian ''and'' German.
** ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'' was a huge success from the first performances, and with such moments as an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsk70zWGZyY overture]] that practically buzzes with giddy anticipation and Cherubino's aria [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7y3_SZqNi4 "Voi che sapete",]] it's not hard to see why audiences have always loved it.
** Mozart's own favourite among his operas - and, according to his wife Constanze, his favourite among all his compositions - was ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', also one of his darkest operas. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjVCbTo5F0 overture]] sets the tone for the opera, with a heavy minor key introduction that gives way to major key merriment. Vocal highlights include the love duet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzKIjd1myE "Là ci darem la mano",]] which gives a sense of why so many women have fallen for Don Giovanni's charms.
** The light-hearted ''Theatre/CosiFanTutte'' starts with another of Mozart's classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZDXw6_OjtE overtures,]] and the quartet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4lkd8X3M-Y "Alla bella Despinetta"]] shows Mozart's flair for vocal counterpoint.
** Beethoven considered Mozart's masterpiece to be his final opera, ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''.[[note]] It was the last opera he completed; the last opera he ''started'' was ''La clemenza di Tito'' (''The Clemency of Titus''), but he finished the latter opera first.[[/note]] It includes yet another first rate [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Gedb05J5M overture]] that really takes off once the introduction gives way to the fugato statement of the main theme, and the Queen of the Night's aria [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02yf6RHIQjQ "Der Hölle Rache"]] is one of the most dazzling arias ever composed, requiring pitch perfect command of the very top of the soprano vocal register as it reaches [=F6=] ("high F") several times.[[note]] Mozart composed the role of the Queen of the Night for his sister-in-law Josepha Hofer, who was more than equal to the technical demands of "Der Hölle Rache", and Mozart is said to have imagined hearing her performing it while lying on his deathbed. At the other end of the spectrum, the aria was also a favourite of the famously terrible amateur singer Florence Foster Jenkins.[[/note]]
* Among Mozart's various serenades and divertimenti, the best known is the Serenade for Strings in G major nicknamed ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gdRRV8wm4 Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]''. Flanking an easy-going Romanze and a stately minuet are two movements of pure joy and merriment; the first movement in particular opens with one of classical music's most instantly recognisable melodies and just gets better from there, while the finale may be familiar to [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] listeners as the theme to the long-running quiz show ''Brain of Britain''.
* The Requiem Mass was the last piece Mozart began composing; left unfinished at his death[[note]]His student, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, sketched it to completion, but the quality (and quantity) of Süssmayr's contributions is a subject of considerable debate.[[/note]], it is still packed with awesome in every measure. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARO7ZjsXSkE "Dies irae"]] is a shining example, and "Confutatis, maledictis" will leave you breathless. (This was the one that Mozart was doing additive composition on with Salieri near the end of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.)
** Mozart's Requiem is also notable for being one of the first headbang-able pieces of music ever written. Seriously. Mozart invented heavy metal. And Punk, according to some pundits.
** The Requiem was also used to great effect in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' during Nightcrawler's attack on the White House, and in [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty World at War]], when you, as the Russian, sack Berlin.
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