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A 3 page research paper that contrasts Mozart's Marriage of Figaro with Don Giovanni. The writer argues that Mozart failed to achieve success at the end of his life because his audience was unprepared for the subtlety and sophistication of Giovanni. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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control and the discipline of art" and its "potentialities for rational expression and exquisite workmanship" (Machlis 189). However, the rational, intellectual approach of the classical era, an approach that produced
the Enlightenment philosophy, the American Declaration of Independence, and the capitalist perspective of Adam Smith, also allowed for a broad range of musical experimentation. Within the classical musical forms, which
were born of "reason and logic," classical composers such as Mozart were able to create a "new world of musical thought and sound" (Machlis 195). Machlis points out that
there is "Something of the miraculous" in regards to the music of Mozart, as its "poignancy and grace deny analysis and beggar descriptions" (205). Born in Salsburg to the an
esteemed composer-violinist attached to the court of the Archbishop, Leopold Mozart, young Wolfgang was the most extraordinary musical prodigy that the world has ever known, composing by the time he
was five years old. He performed in the great courts of Europe at the age of six. As an adult, musical success was more difficult for Mozart to obtain, partially
because his advancement as an artist exceeded his audiences ability to appreciate his work. This can be shown by examining two of Mozarts most famous operas, The Marriage of Figaro
and Don Giovanni. In 1786 with his opera The Marriage of Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reached the peak of his success during his lifetime. In Mozarts operas,
it is easy to discern his joyous love of life, his melancholy and all the other impulses of his fascinating and multi-faceted personality (Machlis 209). This opera was first
performed in Vienna on May 1, 1786 (Osborne 227). The performance was a huge success, and received with great enthusiasm, as can be seen by the fact that the audience
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