'Composers’ letters can make frustrating reading. But with Mozart, you get the whole personality — candid, perceptive, irresistibly alive and packed with filth'
Sorry for mentioning this, because you will never be able to forget it. But regarding Mozart and filth, IMHO every adult should know that there is a piece of Mozart called "Leck mich im Arsch" (Lick my arse).
I don't get the fuzz about Mozart. The only thing he definitely proofs is that if we had a great and free education system for ALL kids (not only for the "privileged") he would be just one among thousands of geniuses...
He was privileged in the sense of being born into a musical family who recognised and encouraged his prodigy at a young age, but they were by no means part of the aristocracy. Out of curiosity which composers do you see worth of 'fuzz' ?
While Mozart's family was not of the aristocracy, they were of the bourgeoisie, which at the time indeed was a very small part of society – the great majority of Austrians in the 18th century were peasants. I think it is fair to consider his upbringing quite a privileged one.
No, his case proves nothing of this sort. His father had the same thoughts, and when he quarreled with his son and separated from him, he requested his daughter to "lend" him her son, so that he could give him the same education as Wolfgang's and have another child prodigy [1,2]. He failed miserably...
Have you actually read the Wiki link you posted? His father was a Jesuit. And how many 'ordinary' people had oil paintings of the whole family at this time??
Then again, the portion of population able to learn to compose (and read write or do math) is much higher now then it used to be.
We are getting way more skilled composers and musicians then used to be norm. And more skilled writers too. These people are fighting for light in super crowded market - crowded because too many people are capable.
We have more talented artists then we are willing to pay. Had we decided to pay more for art, there would be more of them. I am pretty sure about that, because currently many skilled talented people drop out of art to do stuff that earns money.
Also, afaik, contemporary youth is graduating into harder economy then we used to. They have more school debt (schools are more expensive and more of them do them) and healthcare is also more expensive.
The "do the passion money will come" generation belongs to the past.
When I was a teenager, I had no love for Mozart. An aunt who did used to tell me: "you will appreciate Mozart when you get older." Now I wonder if she actually meant when you get younger. I was a humorless pompous prick then.
Since childhood, Mozart is my big idol in classical music. Then, some people told me the opposite: you like Mozart now, but later you will discover better music. I listen to a lot of other composers, and like many of them, but nobody gives me the same kinds of feelings as Mozart.
Though the piece I like best from that film is "Profit & Loss", which has invented lyrics based on Mozart's finances & his father's imagined reaction to them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Ts9GoBv1s
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 54.7 ms ] threadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C78HBp-Youk
For connoisseurs, it's Köchelverzeichnis 382c
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Anna_Mozart#Leopold's_...
[2] Solomon's biography
We are getting way more skilled composers and musicians then used to be norm. And more skilled writers too. These people are fighting for light in super crowded market - crowded because too many people are capable.
Also, afaik, contemporary youth is graduating into harder economy then we used to. They have more school debt (schools are more expensive and more of them do them) and healthcare is also more expensive.
The "do the passion money will come" generation belongs to the past.
Though the piece I like best from that film is "Profit & Loss", which has invented lyrics based on Mozart's finances & his father's imagined reaction to them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Ts9GoBv1s