I already wrote about the book about Michelangelo Buonarotti, if this book teaches you to love the visual side of art, then Book "Sublime and Earthly" does the same thing, but in a different plane. In the musical plane. It's biographical historical novel O greatest genius(no matter how trite it may sound, but a fact) in the field of music - about Mozart.
Biographical novel Sublime and Earthly, what is the book about
First of all, this is a book about music and love for it, about a man who could not imagine life without all these sounds of the piano, harpsichord, organ and violin. First of all, the piano. For Mozart was one of the first who began to seriously piss off the black and white keys of my second favorite instrument (after the guitar) and remains one of the best to this day.
And if Mozart's music simply radiates with light and warmth, then his life was far from such bliss. In this novel, you will learn how difficult Mozart's path to fame was, about his difficult character relationship with the family, and especially with the father. By the way, the book "Sublime and Earthly" was written David Weiss precisely on the basis of the correspondence between Mozart and Batya that has survived to this day.
And, if you thought that Mozart was a kind of God's dandelion, then I hasten to disappoint you. The greatest composer was a bilious ulcer with a tongue as sharp as a katana and liked to step on the sore of anyone he didn't like too much. Than, of course, he made himself a huge and black cloud of enemies. In addition, the curly-haired man was distinguished by extreme arrogance in everything related to music. And if he thought that your music is mammoth feces that have lain in vacuum packaging for a thousand years, he would have said so. Hearing modern stage Mozart would probably cut off his ear, like Van Gogh.
Mozart had a very ambiguous relationship with dad, but, in the end, if not for dad, Mozart would not exist as a musician. After all, be born brilliant composer in the family of some peasants who smelled of cow dung, they would have remained to twist their tails all their lives. Don't think I'm in no way belittling peasant labor, but those who have been on a farm at least once in their lives will understand that you cannot throw manure out of a song.
The book is easy to read and engaging, and certainly better than a dry biographical note in some boring music history textbook. I will not vouch for the historical accuracy, because I had it in mind, but as far as my castrated knowledge of the life of Mozart and the history of that time is enough, no major errors have been noticed. David Weiss, after all, is a fit and not at all finger-made writer.
What else to say - quite atmospheric. Do you really believe this book? Of course, I understand that most likely the feelings of the composer were far from what the writer came up with, but somehow everything is described so organically that it really seems like it was from Wolfgang's face.
I can say that I have always been partial to music, but I really got sick of it after reading this book. After that, he even started to indulge a little in composing music for the guitar. Of course, I was amazed at how poor my perception of melody and harmony was, and indeed, in comparison with Mozart. And I'm nothing compared to the rest. For Wolfgang, the notes of a melody were what letters and words are for us. A peasant could go in the morning to listen to some fugue, and then return home in the evening and write it down note for note!
Music, like rain, seeps into the heart drop by drop and enlivens it. Romain Rolland
David Weiss book "Sublime and Earthly" available for download on rutracker and flibust (or was available at the time of writing the post). I'm not going to spread it here, because I don't need problems with law traders.
The murder of Mozart, by the way, is a continuation of the book “Sublime and Earthly”, but I didn’t like it, because it’s not really about, but about some dull composer who, together with his passion, is investigating the circumstances of the murder. Something like this. In general, boring. I do not advise.
Mozart portraits
A small selection of portraits of Mozart. And, characteristically, some portraits differ from each other so much that it seems as if they were painted with different people. Artists, they see it this way - what to take from them.
Portrait of Mozart, artist Josef Hickel, (Mozart's brother-in-law) 1789. P.S. This portrait is considered the most accurate 
What is behind music in human life? Some people don't need it at all. Yes, there are some. Some can't even go a day without light dance rhythmic music. This list goes on. they capture and stop even a person who is indifferent to music, if for some reason he begins to listen to them.
Love in the composer's work
The musical talent of Wolfgang Amadeus manifested itself in early childhood. All were subject to him. musical genres. The musical portrait of Mozart is a cosmogonic harmony based on love. The joy and anguish of first love, when his beloved refused to marry him, helped him reach unprecedented creative heights.
In The Marriage of Figaro, the young page of Cherubino trembles all over from the feeling that embraces him. He is in love with all women at once, feverishly excited and cannot control his behavior. In Don Juan, Mozart reaches the deepest tragedy, showing what a powerful eternal uncontrollable instinct moves his hero.
Symphony No. 40 (G minor)
It consists of four parts. By this time, Mozart survived the death of his children and mother, his father was seriously ill, whom he could not help, so the theme of death sounds in the first, second and fourth parts of the symphony. This is a portrait of Mozart - a man experiencing a spiritual tragedy.
The first part of the symphony begins immediately with disturbing notes, and in it, as in the fourth part, there is a struggle with evil fate. The second part is unhurried, contemplative, filled with light, gentle begging intonations. It moves from E-flat major to G minor, into the minuet pattern of the third movement, in which there is no warmth, but there is a harsh and gloomy power. The finale (fourth part) is dual. Elevation and bitterness are indissolubly heard in it, a feeling of incomprehensible anxiety is suppressed. The work ends harshly and bitterly. Such musical portrait Mozart in this famous work.
Mozart - a composer for all time
Phenomenal childhood inclinations developed with extraordinary force. From nature, he was given absolutely everything: hearing, memory, rhythm, musical fantasy. And he learned the laws of music with tireless enthusiasm. He loved to compose, doing it with great speed and willingness.
But writing was hard for him. For example, the composer recorded the overture to the opera Don Giovanni at night a few hours before the performance. There were three periods in his life when he changed as a person and as a composer.
The first mature opera, Idomeneo, was written when his love collapsed. The works created between the "Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" define the second period of his work. And the last final year of life is marked by the creation of the "Magic Flute" and "Requiem".
This composer only seems light and airy. The purpose of his work is familiarization with world harmony. Such is Mozart. The portrait of the composer consists of the search for ways to the spiritual principles of all living things, all things.
Mozart in life
Creativity was the meaning of the composer's life. Without it, the creator could not exist. But he was all woven from contradictions. Mozart loved clowning and fun, practical jokes and humor. Arrogance was not inherent in him. Delicacy, honesty, pride, innocence and gullibility complete Mozart.
Mozart in pictures
If you look at the portraits of Mozart sequentially, then it can be noted that he was a strong-willed, energetic person. The portrait of Mozart (photos are presented in the article) shows a concentrated person. The composer's nose always stood out, so the artists often portrayed him as the dominant one in the paintings.
According to the testimonies of people who knew him closely, the expression on his face was constantly changing. It vividly reflected all his feelings.
This is the greatest composer in the first approximation. It is necessary to listen to his music, knowing him and yourself.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg on January 27, 1756. His father was the composer and violinist Leopold Mozart, who worked in the court chapel of Count Sigismund von Strattenbach (Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg). The mother of the famous musician was Anna Maria Mozart (nee Pertl), who came from the family of the commissioner-trustee of the almshouse of the small commune of St. Gilgen.
IN total seven children were born in the Mozart family, but most of them, unfortunately, died at a young age. The first child of Leopold and Anna, who managed to survive, was the elder sister of the future musician Maria Anna (relatives and friends called the girl Nannerl from childhood). About four years later, Wolfgang was born. The birth was extremely difficult, and the doctors feared for a long time that they would be fatal for the boy's mother. But after a while Anna went on the mend.
Family of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Both children of Mozart with early years demonstrated a love for music and excellent abilities for it. When her father began teaching Nannerl to play the harpsichord, her younger brother was only about three years old. However, the sounds heard during the lessons so excited little boy that since then he often approached the instrument, pressed the keys and picked up pleasant-sounding harmonies. Moreover, he could even play fragments of musical works that he had heard before.
Therefore, already at the age of four, Wolfgang began to receive his own harpsichord lessons from his father. However, the child soon got bored with learning minuets and pieces written by other composers, and at the age of five, young Mozart added to this type of activity the composition of his own small pieces. And at the age of six, Wolfgang mastered the violin, and with little or no outside help.
Nannerl and Wolfgang never went to school: Leopold gave them excellent home education. At the same time, young Mozart always immersed himself in the study of any subject with great zeal. For example, if it was about mathematics, then after several diligent studies by the boy, literally all surfaces in the room: from walls and floors to floors and chairs, were quickly covered with chalk inscriptions with numbers, tasks and equations.
Euro-trip
Already at the age of six, the "wonder child" played so well that he could give concerts. The voice of Nannerl became a wonderful addition to his inspired game: the girl sang just fine. Leopold Mozart was so impressed musical ability his children, that he decided to go with them on a long tour of various European cities and countries. He hoped that this journey would bring them great success and considerable profit.
The family visited Munich, Brussels, Cologne, Mannheim, Paris, London, The Hague, and several cities in Switzerland. The trip dragged on for many months, and after a short return to Salzburg, for years. During this time, Wolfgang and Nannel gave concerts to stunned audiences and also visited opera houses and performances by famous musicians with their parents.
Young Wolfgang Mozart at the instrument In 1764, the first four sonatas of the young Wolfgang, intended for violin and clavier, were published in Paris. In London, the boy was lucky for some time to learn from Johann Christian Bach (the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach), who instantly noted the genius of the child and, being virtuoso musician, gave Wolfgang many useful lessons.
Over the years of wandering, the "miracle children", who already had far from the best health by nature, were quite tired. Their parents were also tired: for example, during the stay of the Mozart family in London, Leopold became very ill. Therefore, in 1766, the child prodigies, together with their parents, returned to their hometown.
Creative development
At the age of fourteen, Wolfgang Mozart, through the efforts of his father, went to Italy, which was amazed by the talent of the young virtuoso. Arriving in Bologna, he successfully took part in the original musical competitions of the Philharmonic Academy, along with musicians, many of whom were suitable for his fathers.
Mastery young genius so impressed with the Academy of Boden that he was elected an academician, although usually this honorary status was assigned only to the most successful composers, whose age was at least 20 years old.
After returning to Salzburg, the composer threw himself into composing diverse sonatas, operas, quartets, and symphonies. The older he got, the more daring and original his works were, they looked less and less like the creations of musicians that Wolfgang admired in childhood. In 1772, fate brought Mozart together with Joseph Haydn, who became his main teacher and closest friend.
Wolfgang soon got a job at the archbishop's court, like his father. He had a large number of orders, but after the death of the old bishop and the arrival of a new one, the situation at court became much less pleasant. gulpcom fresh air for the young composer was a trip to Paris and major German cities in 1777, which Leopold Mozart asked the archbishop for his gifted son.
At that time, the family faced quite strong financial difficulties, and therefore only the mother was able to go with Wolfgang. The grown-up composer again gave concerts, but his bold compositions were not like classical music of those times, and the grown-up boy no longer aroused delight with his appearance alone. Therefore, this time the public received the musician with much less cordiality. And in Paris, Mozart's mother died, exhausted by a long and unsuccessful trip. The composer returned to Salzburg.
Career heyday
Despite money problems, Wolfgang Mozart had long been dissatisfied with the way he was treated by the archbishop. Without doubting your musical genius, the composer was indignant at the fact that the employer regards him as a servant. Therefore, in 1781, spitting on all the laws of decency and persuasion of his relatives, he decided to leave the service of the archbishop and move to Vienna.
There the composer met Baron Gottfried van Steven, who at that time was the patron of musicians and had a large collection of works by Handel and Bach. On his advice, Mozart tried to create music in the Baroque style in order to enrich his work. Then Mozart tried to get a position as a music teacher for Princess Elisabeth of Württemberg, but the emperor preferred singing teacher Antonio Salieri to him.
Peak creative career Wolfgang Mozart came in the 1780s. It was then that she wrote her most famous operas: "The Wedding of Figaro", "Magic Flute", "Don Giovanni". At the same time, the popular "Little Night Serenade" was written in four parts. At that time, the composer's music was in great demand, and he received the largest fees in his life for his work.
Unfortunately, the period of unprecedented creative upsurge and recognition for Mozart did not last too long. In 1787, his beloved father died, and soon his wife, Constance Weber, fell ill with a leg ulcer, and a lot of money was needed for the treatment of her wife.
The situation was worsened by the death of Emperor Joseph II, after which Emperor Leopold II ascended the throne. He, unlike his brother, was not a fan of music, so the composers of that time did not have to rely on the location of the new monarch.
Personal life
Mozart's only wife was Constance Weber, whom he met in Vienna (for the first time after moving to the city, Wolfgang rented a house from the Weber family).
Wolfgang Mozart and his wife Leopold Mozart was against the marriage of his son to a girl, as he saw in this the desire of her family to find a "profitable match" for Constance. However, the wedding took place in 1782.
The composer's wife was pregnant six times, but few of the couple's children survived infancy: only Carl Thomas and Franz Xaver Wolfgang survived.
Death
In 1790, when Constance again went for treatment, and financial condition Wolfgang Mozart became even more unbearable, the composer decided to give several concerts in Frankfurt. The famous musician, whose portrait at that time became the personification of a progressive and immensely beautiful music, welcomed with a bang, but the fees from the concerts were too small and did not justify the hopes of Wolfgang.
In 1791, the composer had an unprecedented creative upsurge. At this time, Symphony 40 came out from under his pen, and shortly before his death, the unfinished Requiem.
In the same year, Mozart became very ill: he was tormented by weakness, the composer's legs and arms were swollen, and soon he began to faint from sudden bouts of vomiting. Wolfgang's death came on December 5, 1791, her official reason- inflammatory rheumatic fever.
However, to this day, some believe that the cause of Mozart's death was poisoning by the then-famous composer Antonio Salieri, who, alas, was not at all as brilliant as Wolfgang. Part of the popularity of this version is dictated by the corresponding "little tragedy" written by . However, no confirmation of this version on currently was not found.
- The composer's real name is Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus (Gottlieb) Mozart, but he himself always demanded that he be called Wolfgang.
Wolfgang Mozart. Last lifetime portrait - During the great tour of the young Mozarts in Europe, the family ended up in Holland. Then there was a fast in the country, and music was banned. An exception was made only for Wolfgang, considering his talent a gift from God.
- Mozart was buried in a common grave, where several more coffins were located: it was so heavy financial position families at the time. Therefore, the exact burial place of the great composer is still unknown.
Great Viennese classic became a guinea pig for scientists of the XXI century. Having studied the impact of Mozart's music on a person, people of science claim that there is an amazing effect.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - great Austrian composer and conductor. Representative of the Vienna classical school music, author of more than 600 pieces of music.
What does the "solar" genius do with our consciousness?
Young virtuoso
Mozart (Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus (Gottlieb) Mozart) was born on January 27, 1756 in the city of Salzburg in musical family: mother - Maria Anna, nee Pertl; father - Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), composer and theorist. Anna Maria Mozart - an important person of the respected musical family of Pertl - in contrast to the character of her husband, appears as a sincere, kind, cheerful, sincere and sympathetic sweet woman.
Of the seven Mozart children, two survived: Wolfgang and his older sister Maria Anna. Both brother and sister had brilliant musical abilities: Leopold began giving his daughter harpsichord lessons when she was eight years old, and composed by her father in 1759 for Nannerl Notebook with light plays, it later came in handy when teaching little Wolfgang.
In the biography of Mozart musical talent discovered in early childhood. Father 
taught him to play the organ, violin, harpsichord. and already inthree years old future genius made the first compositional sketches - he picked up thirds and sixths on the harpsichord, and at the age of five he began to compose simple minuets.
Father Leopold Mozart kept the boy in a tight rein: strict discipline, constant studies and active concert activity From five years. Mozart had an extraordinary musical memory: it was enough for him only once to hear any musical composition, in order to accurately write it down. Leopold Mozart wanted his son to become a composer, and according to the customs of that time, a musician could become a composer only after being recognized as a virtuoso performer.
Glory came to Mozart very early.In 1762 the family travels to Vienna, Munich. There are concerts by Mozart, his sister Maria Anna. Then, while traveling through the cities of Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Mozart's music amazes listeners with amazing beauty. The Mozarts were received at the court of Louis XV during the Christmas holidays in Versailles and throughout the winter enjoyed great attention in aristocratic circles. At the same time, Wolfgang's four violin sonatas were first published in Paris.
In 1778, in distant Paris, Mozart's mother died, who was only 58 years old. For two weeks she struggled with death, and her son did not leave her all this time. Her sudden death was a huge shock to Wolfgang.
The first tour of the Mozarts lasted three years, and in total Wolfgang spent almost ten years outside the walls of his native home. On the way, Wolfgang and Nannerl often fell ill, more than once being on the verge of death. Both children suffered both pneumonia and smallpox. It wasn't romantic trip, but the real walking through the throes.
In April 1764 the family went to London and lived there for over a year. A few days after their arrival, the Mozarts were solemnly received by King George III. As in Paris, the children gave public concerts during which Wolfgang demonstrated his amazing abilities.
Composer Johann Christian Bach, a favorite of London society, immediately appreciated huge talent child. Often, putting Wolfgang on his knees, he played sonatas with him on the harpsichord: they played in turn, each for several bars, and did this with such accuracy that it seemed as if one musician was playing.
From 1766 to 1769, while living in Salzburg and Vienna, Mozart studied the works of Handel, Stradell, Carissimi, Durante and other great masters.The history of music testifies to a number of wonderful performances with which Mozart plunged his listeners into amazement. The boy was only 10 years old when he took part in composing a collective oratorio. He was kept in actual captivity for a week, with the locked door only opened to give him food or music paper. Mozart brilliantly passed the test, and soon after the oratorio, performed with great success, he amazes the audience with the opera Apollo and Hyacinth, and then with two more operas, The Imaginary Simple Girl and Bastien and Bastienne.
Little Mozart was recognized as a virtuoso even before adolescence. However, it cost him a lot of effort: many hours of concerts in front of the nobility exhausted the little musician. Once, after a performance in front of Empress Maria Theresa, Mozart came down with a fever, his body was covered with a red rash - it was scarlet fever. Thanks to the efforts of the imperial doctor, the boy was able to recover.
Johann Nepomuk della Croce (Austrian, 1736-1819) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with his sister Maria Anna und father Leopold, on the wall a portrait of his late mother Anna Maria. 1780-1781 Salzburg
The Mozarts traveled a lot, gave many concerts and "wandered" through the royal courts of Europe in search of permanent place. Constant inconvenience, financial difficulties and lack of stability - all this the young composer had to endure. Nevertheless, contemporaries noted him easy temper, cheerful disposition and love for jokes and practical jokes.
Mozart adored various secular receptions, masquerades, loved to dance and have fun. Undoubtedly, this is reflected in the composer's music. His music, more than others, is saturated with overtones of high frequency - from three thousand to eight thousand hertz. It is this characteristic that leaves the listener with a feeling of "radiance", spring and sun.
Some of Mozart's operas remained unfinished, because the difficult financial situation family forced the composer to devote a lot of time to various part-time jobs. held in aristocratic circles piano concertos Mozart, the musician himself was forced to write plays, waltzes to order, and teach. From 1775 to 1780, the seminal work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart added a number of outstanding compositions to his cohort. After taking the position of court organist in 1779, Mozart's symphonies, his operas contain more and more new techniques.
In 1777, the archbishop allowed the composer to go to big Adventure in France and Germany, where Mozart gave concerts with invariable success. The most famous operas"The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Juan" (both operas written jointly with the poet Lorenzo da Ponte) by the composer Mozart are staged in several cities. For Mozart, the works of that time were extremely successful. On January 26, 1781, the opera Idomeneo was staged in Munich with great success, marking a certain turn in Mozart's work.
August 4, 1782 in Vienna, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, despite the categorical disagreement of his father, married Constance Weber. The newlyweds settled with her parents, where Mozart continued to work. Here, in Vienna, in between writing, he began to appear at meetings of the Masonic Lodge. The "rebellious" spirit, apparently, played a role in this matter: two years after his marriage, he enters into Masonic Lodge"Charity". The ideas of "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" become attractive to him.
Portrait of Constance Mozart by Joseph Lange (1782).
In 1790, the opera "That's the way everyone does it" was again staged in Vienna. And in 1791, two operas were written at once - "The Mercy of Titus" and "The Magic Flute". The latest work Mozart was the famous "Requiem", which the composer did not have time to complete. The work was completed by F. K. Süssmeier, a student of Mozart and A. Salieri.
"Requiem" - the last, unfinished work of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on which he worked before his death - a funeral mass written in a canonical Latin text.
The composition was completed by students of Mozart, mainly Franz Xaver Süssmeier, however, "Requiem" is one of the most famous works Mozart and is regarded as one of his most important works.
In mid-July 1791, Mozart received, through an intermediary - a certain man in gray, an order to compose the "Requiem" on terms of secrecy. Presumably, Mozart knew the customer - he received an advance, according to various sources, 50 or 100 ducats, and Mozart should have received the same amount at the end of the work.
As it turned out later, "Requiem" was ordered by Count Franz von Walsegg-Stuppach for an annual performance in memory of his wife. The count was an amateur musician and repeatedly passed off works ordered from various composers as his own, or rather, he bought authorship from them. Thus, Mozart had to compose the Requiem anonymously.
Lack of money forced him to agree to this extremely humiliating condition for him, which can serve as an explanation a large number borrowings (researchers in various parts of the Requiem find parallels with the works of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Michael Haydn, Domenico Cimarosa and Francois Gossec). However, these "borrowings" are due rather common framework and principles church music XVIII-th century, rather than copying other people's compositions. The famous mass "Requiem" was never completed by Mozart. Since November 1791, Mozart was ill a lot and did not get out of bed at all.
Last time W. Mozart appeared in society on November 18, 1791. At the consecration of the new temple, "The Newly Crowned Hope," the great composer conducted his "swan song" - a small cantata "Let's proclaim our joy loudly." On November 20, he went to bed and did not get up again: suddenly his arms and legs swelled up, then vomiting was added. But consciousness did not leave the patient. He reacted sharply to the singing of the canary - and the bird was taken out of the room.
In the evenings, when his "Flute" was on, Mozart watched the progress of each performance by the clock. As Nissen stated: "The illness that bedridden him lasted 15 days ... Two hours before his death, he was still fully conscious." December 5 is the day of memory of the great Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who died at less than 36 years old on December 5, 1791 in Vienna.
Citing illness, Constance did not attend her husband's funeral. And visiting the cemetery for the first time a few years later, she was very surprised that she did not find the place of his burial.
As for the composer's burial itself, it also became a mystery. Mozart was buried with suspicious haste, not honored with the honors corresponding to his rank - assistant bandmaster of St. Stephen's Cathedral, as well as the title of court bandmaster and composer. Moreover, none of those who accompanied Mozart's body went to the St. Marx cemetery along Grosse-Schulenstrasse. Allegedly due to a sharp deterioration in the weather. Although from the archival sources of the Vienna Observatory and the diary of Count Karl Zinzendorf, who conducted detailed meteorological observations, it is clear that on that day at 3 o’clock in the afternoon there was a characteristic late autumn weather without precipitation: the temperature in the morning was 3 degrees, and in the evening - 4 degrees Celsius. Consequently, the reason that none of the participants in the wretched funeral procession reached the monastery cemetery was not weather conditions, but something completely different. But the most incomprehensible thing in this case is the fact that the composer was buried in an unmarked grave for the poor, which, moreover, was soon lost. Someone carefully concealed the traces of the crime ...
Henry Nelson O "Neill. "The Last Hours of Mozart"
Moreover, in the circle of Viennese musicians for a long time passed on next story. As if the coffin with the body of Mozart was buried not in the church of St. Stephen, but at the entrance to the Cross Chapel, adjacent to the northern unfinished tower of the temple. And then, when the escorts left, the coffin with the body was brought inside and, having passed in front of the Crucifixion, they carried out the ashes of the great musician through another exit, leading straight to the catacombs, where people who died during the plague were buried.
A few days after Mozart's death, Austrian and then European newspapers were full of brief passing reports about the death of "a composer known throughout Europe for his rare talent", "who had achieved the highest skill" and so on.
And only in the Berlin "Music Daily" dated December 12, 1791, an unambiguous allusion to crime sounded: “Mozart has died. He returned home from Prague ill, and since then has been weakening, wasting away every day: it was believed that he had dropsy, he died in Vienna at the end of last week. Since his body was very swollen after death, it is even suggested that he was poisoned.
Most of Mozart's contemporaries unequivocally believed that he died of natural causes from "acute millet fever", which was diagnosed on November 28 by his family doctor Sallab (there are no more cases of such a disease in Vienna). This diagnosis was enough to inspire posterity with the main thing: the great Mozart died a natural death. Give it time...
Monument to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna
Mozart created light, harmonious and beautiful works which have become classics for children and adults. Mozart is widely recognized as one of the the greatest composers: its uniqueness lies in the fact that it worked in all musical forms of his time and in all achieved the highest success.
Mozart's music is characterized by lightness, grace, clarity, simplicity, virtuoso brilliance. There was practically no genre of that time in which he did not work: in thirty years Mozart managed to compose 626 works, including 22 operas, 41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos, 7 violin concertos, 19 masses, Requiem. Mozart's work gained worldwide fame after the composer's death. His immense talent, exceptional talent became a symbol of the manifestation of higher creative forces, embodied in deeply vital masterpieces.
Experiments with music
The first experiments with Mozart's music were carried out on rats. For two months, the animals listened to the same piece for twelve hours a day. Music rats suddenly became smarter than their relatives and could run through the maze faster and make fewer mistakes along the way.
Pietro Fabris (Italian, 1754-1804) Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth (1744-1781), at home in Naples: Concert Party. 1771 National Galleries of Scotland
The first Mozart experiments on humans also ended interesting discoveries. People listened to Mozart and other music while scientists studied the brain using MRI. While listening to any music, people activate that part of the brain that is connected with the auditory centers. In other cases, the emotional center may be involved. But only the works of Mozart activated the entire cerebral cortex in the subjects.
According to scientists who observed this process, the whole head of a person began to glow while listening to Mozart. Scientists believe that it is in Mozart's music that there is a unique phenomenon - a unique rhythm that is "consonant" with the rhythm of our nervous system. Mozart's music can cause such a resonance in the cerebral cortex, which will fluctuate with the frequency of our nervous system - 20-30 seconds. After analyzing the frequency characteristics of other classical composers as well as pop music different years, scientists have compiled a table where this combination of waves in 20-30 seconds is most often found. And it was Mozart who was first on the list.
The Mozart effect is the beneficial healing effect of Mozart's music on mental capacity and the whole organism, harmonizing the human psyche and physiology.
And in the church book there was an entry: “Born Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart».
In the year of the anniversary Peter Tchaikovsky(2015) it turned out that the most performed and sought-after composer was not the hero of the day, but Mozart. However, Pyotr Ilyich himself would hardly have been in a claim. “Listening to his music, I seem to be doing a good deed”, “Mozart will serve as the best example as long as art exists,” he wrote in letters. And, finally, bordering on blasphemy, already from an article about him: “His works are the music of Christ. Mozart is the musical Christ.Abomination?!
However, not everyone admired the composer so much. So, in Italy, Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" was awarded the unflattering: "Musica scelerata" - vile music. And the founder of the Berlin Mozart Society, writer Rudolf Genet seriously suggested burning some of the composer's letters. Only for the reason that they are, they say, rude and vulgar.
In a way, he is right. One of Mozart's works - a canon for six voices - is called, for example, "Leck mich im Arsch", which can be translated as "Kiss me on the f ...".
And in personal letters, Wolfgang Amadeus was not shy at all: “All the best, my love. Put your f... in your mouth.” Or there are always characters like "Countess Obossunya and Duchess Tolstozhopel", under which Mozart brought out his high-ranking ill-wishers. But the crown of toilet humor, of course, is a bitter confession: “For 22 years now I have been wed ... from one hole, but it still does not wear out.” This is how Mozart described his work.
Those who consider him a cheerful playboy, whom he accidentally condescended to divine talent are gravely mistaken. Yes, at the age of 3 he learned to read music. At 4 he was already playing the harpsichord. The violinist father gave the 6-year-old child prodigy Wolfgang a tour of European capitals. The success was great: "He makes more money than a gold mine!" The parent compensated for the stress from constant moving with a strange diet: poppy decoction and poppy-barley porridge.
Mozart remembered all this and said more than once that it was the carriage and the clatter of hooves that set the rhythm for many of his works. And he spoke about his father like this: “The best dad! The first after God!" He wrote the word "God" with a small letter. The name of his wife - also with a small one, as well as the names of the countries where he happened to visit. Only three words were given titles. "Honor", "Music" and "Dad".
In his entire short life, he wrote 20 operas, 50 symphonies, 17 masses and a lot of different things in detail - for example, 22 harpsichord sonatas, 25 piano and 12 violin concertos ... A total of 626 compositions are published. It is estimated that in this mode, Mozart had to work for wear and tear - at least 2 thousand musical signs daily.
In fact, it was an honest burgher. A real worker - up to a sweat, to exhaustion. The highest praise for him: "Perfect order". The most flattering assessment of the work of the orchestra: "What subordination!" And the worst insult: "Blazy, lazy."
Russian project
He got up every day at 6 am to save the candles and make the most of daylight for work. A great lover of tasty and hearty food, he appointed all important meetings that promised refreshments at 2 pm, that is, at lunch time. He also had one more sin - a passion for fashion and beautiful clothes. When, after his death, the property was described for debts, only an insignificant part fell on musical instruments. The lion's share - outfits. At times, music was not creativity for him, but hard work. Six children. Each written note is a piece of bread and a sip of milk. Alas, only two survived.
For his family, he rented the best apartments: “Children need space and light!” But in the most spacious apartment, the Mozart couple were once caught strange occupation. They danced in close embrace. “We are warming ourselves,” the composer explained ingenuously. “Only the nursery is heated, and Constance and I will manage.”Mozart even considered the option of moving to Russia. Here is evidence of how Europeans and Russians treated him. Composer Giuseppe Sarti:"His quartets are music to plug your ears as soon as possible." Russian Ambassador in Vienna, Count Andrey Razumovsky: "In Europe there is not a single composer equal to Mozart."
Razumovsky, impressed by the opera The Magic Flute, even began to negotiate with Mozart for the position of court bandmaster. It was supposed to buy an estate near Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk), the income from which would come to the musician. If everything worked out, now we could say: “Mozart is a Russian composer German descent". But by that time, "Divine Amadeus" was hopelessly ill with "rheumatic inflammatory fever", complicated by a general weakness of the body - a consequence serious illnesses suffered in childhood and adolescence and associated with hard work. He died at the age of 35, and the funeral, organized according to the third category, corresponded, according to the laws, to a "middle-class burgher" - 8 guilders 56 kreuzers plus 3 guilders for a hearse.
