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This 5 page paper gives ample illustration and example as to Mozart's genius. Specific examples are given as to how he wrote and created stylistic innovations in the work of Don Giovanni which also included philosophical ideas of enlightenment and class conflict. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and they all share similar characteristics. Not withstanding, they all share the ability to see beyond common structures and commonly held ideas, or belief systems in place at the time.
They also share the dogged determination and stubbornness to dare to change that which is severely entrenched and damned be the consequences. Lastly, Mozart was a genius because like no
other after him, he was able to bring a breathless quality of pure playfulness and depth of soul, that has yet to be duplicated in its entirety. To that end,
his opera, Don Giovanni, while providing lush melodies and harmonies, also speaks about the clash of class conflict and the impending age of enlightenment. Amadeus wrote as a court
musician for many years initially, writing several opera seria, the most notable, perhaps is his La clemenza di Tito, which he wrote for King Leopold. However, even working under the
restrictions imposed on him by aristocratic whims, he managed to begin what would be a lifelong pursuit of pushing the musical envelope. One difference between Mozart and perhaps those composers
of his day, was that he did not particularly care for the librettos that rhymed, or were overly superfluous or prose-like. It is clear to see that he believe that
the text should fit the music, not the other way around. His opera, La Nozza de Figaro, while following the parameters of the comic opera, began to introduce moral dilemmas
psychological angst, and beyond what any composer of the day did, he wrote music which depicted and underwrote the mindset and characterization of the players on stage. And this aesthetic
buoying of character was not limited to the arias, but was also given to the duets and other groups singing at the time. What begins to happen, then, is quite
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