Nick Name of Mozart’s No.41
Jupiter
Mozart’s Symphony No.41 in C Major, K 551 (“Jupiter”)
Form?
4 movements
1.Allegro Vivace
2.Andante Cantabile
3.Menuetto and Trio, allegretto
4.Molto Allegro
Mozarts Compositional Output=
625
Mozarts birthplace and date of birth
Salzburg Austria 1756
fugato
tiny fugue
Solo Concerto
one soloist
Concertino
group of soloists
Concerto Grosso
a group of soloists with orchestra
Double Exposition Form
occurs in 1st movements of classical conertos
Expo 1-orchestra
Expo 2-Soloist and orchestra
Development
Recapitulation
-Closing Orchestra goes to I chord in 2nd inversion and the soloist plays a cadenza (trill)
Cadenza
A solo performance that is improvised or written (typically by performer sometime conductor).
Concerto 3rd movements=
Rondo Form
Mozart composed how many piano concertos?
27
string quartet
2 violins
1 viola
1 cello
The Marriage of Figaro K. 492
a comic opera in four parts
How many operas did Mozart compose?
23
Who wrote the libretto for the Marriage of Figaro?
Lorenzo da Ponte
Where id the story come from in the Marriage of Figaro?
form a play (1778) by Beaumarchais that was banned in Paris because its satirized the upper classes.
Where was the Marriage of Figaro performed?
Vienna, 1 May 1786
Who was married to Rosina?
Count Almaviva
Who is engaged to Figaro?
Susannah
House Keeper of Dr. Bartolo?
Marcellina
Daughter of Don Basilio?
Barbarina
A soldier boy, who is in love with every woman in the kingdom and is caught with Barbarian?
Cherubino
Drunk Gardener?
Antonio
Lawyer?
Don Curzio
Who is the Count’s Servant?
Figaro
Countess’ Maid?
Susannah
Who is the Music Teacher?
Don Basilio
Requiem, K. 626
Catholic Mass for Christian Burial
Unfinished last piece of Mozart (finished by others)
Requiem sections
Introitus
Kyrie
Sequentia
Offertorium
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Cummunio (Lux Aeterna)
Sequentia
Dies Irae
Tuba mirum
Rex tremendae
Recordare
Confrutatis
Lacrimosa
Offertorium
Domine Jesu
Domine Hostias