Along with Haydn, one of the first classical composers. Wrote music of many
different genres. Major works would include his Requiem, the operas Nozze di Figaro, Don
Giovanni and Die Zauberfl�te, the clarinet concerto, the string quartets, the later piano
concerti (nos. 20 onwards) and the later symphonies (numbers 36, 38, 39, 40 and 41).
There does seem to be a tendency among some people to label Mozart as nothing more than the
composer of ``pretty tunes'' or little twiddles. I couldn't disagree more. In particular, I think
his religious music exhibits a great deal of feeling, and transcends mere ``twiddles''. In my
opinion, the problem is probably that people tend to know things like Eine kleine Nachtmusik, and
because this particular piece is eminently hummable, not particularly ``deep'', and played to
death in Muzak-like environments, people assume that all of Mozart's music is like that.
Along with Haydn, one of the first classical composers. Wrote music of many
different genres. Major works would include his Requiem, the operas Nozze di Figaro, Don
Giovanni and Die Zauberfl�te, the clarinet concerto, the string quartets, the later piano
concerti (nos. 20 onwards) and the later symphonies (numbers 36, 38, 39, 40 and 41).
There does seem to be a tendency among some people to label Mozart as nothing more than the
composer of ``pretty tunes'' or little twiddles. I couldn't disagree more. In particular, I think
his religious music exhibits a great deal of feeling, and transcends mere ``twiddles''. In my
opinion, the problem is probably that people tend to know things like Eine kleine Nachtmusik, and
because this particular piece is eminently hummable, not particularly ``deep'', and played to
death in Muzak-like environments, people assume that all of Mozart's music is like that.
