Essays Tagged: "Magic Flute"

Mozart

er. Poverty and illnessendangered the family until Mozart's death. While Mozart was working on the 'MagicFlute' in 1791 an emissary requested a requiem mass written by Mozart but he never gotto finish ... ork before writing it on paper. Today he is known for hismost famous pieces Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni.He Is the most important composer of the classical era, and one of the ...

(1 pages) 151 1 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A short report on his life, from his birth, to his death.

operas, concertos, oratorios, songs, and chamber music. His last completed piece of music was "The Magic Flute". He was still working on "The Requiem," when he died so his close friend, Sussmayer, co ...

(1 pages) 33 0 3.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Mozart biography

more operas: the opera seria La clemenza di Tito (The Mercy of Tito) and Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). The latter was commissioned by actor-manager Emanuel Schikaneder to his own libretto. ...

(4 pages) 83 1 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Mozart and Enlightment

er simply associated himself with empty sex and statue. He proves that through his last opera, "The Magic Flute", which is a happy testament to the ability to gain wisdom and transcend outmoded ways o ... extreme Enlightenment rationality. The main point of these weird contradictions is the heart of The Magic Flute. The magic, is, as understood, music, and its beauty lies neither in cold rationalism no ...

(4 pages) 71 1 5.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers