| Show The e Music Student At roa 1 I G rea t 1 Mozart The fhe By Pietro I supreme typo i or of orthe S Raphael is tho and aid Sha ro roIs AS A th the tho painters painter's dirt art l aio Is of or tho noet's art so 80 1 la Js o. o ari b bj by most critics to bo tho musician Others h S there worlds world's greatest phases founded and r 10 that am t or of the musical form and art fashion n or I g have given or the tho us t n n an oae i music t h has Its culmination c tUt In Its Mozart l eternal eter eter- q nal flowering 1 Bach BIC Handel Han these are arc masters Ine Indeed In- In I del e J Beethoven t deed decU 1 eC 1 But nut Mozart soars aloft reater J i in each Ch field than the other masters master j Ire He 11 Is rho tilo sun of ot tho ho musical universe It it is sId said b by that Mozart Mozart- Mozart Mozart-I i not Frederick the tile Is Great Great Is the god of ot otI I r the Gi mans But so ho Is IR of other 4 nations Ital Italy France England America Amer Arner- f f. f ica all aU acknowledge his supremacy and h ho sits upon hl his lonely with none save It bo ho Beethoven to share sharo lil ih station above c the stars Mozart was born In Salz- Salz burg in n 1756 and he was v.-as from fon the beI be- be I tuc o most musical music music- al sl prodigY Y Lorn so born so far as wo have havo record He Ire hn had a sister sifter Maria Anna herself als also o a n. prodigy five years cars older than himself Wolfgang be began n to pick out intervals on the clavier at 3 3 to pia play iule ittle pieces at 4 4 to compose composo pieces for clavier ler Sand and for tho the violin at 5 i. i to read violin music in trios at sl ht and to perform in public before h ho was 6 while ho he played both loth or-an or and clavier in before he Je was C. C At 7 his first were published at S 8 ho wrote hl fin first firt t s symphony at nt 9 ho he wrote twelve Italian arias in In a public test at 10 he wrote ono one act of ot f Pon oratorio at 11 a musical comedy corned nt itt 1 12 his first full tull opera and at 14 lie he wrote his first full ull grand opera at Milan besides writing wonderful fugue music at this unbelievable age ago Every I 1 precocious child from tram that da day to this Is a second Mozart t. And Ami yet et there has hasI I never been his like before or since Mozart was so precocious that Just i B ai q soon as ho he was shown tho the manner f of or playing the tho or organ an at 6 years ears old ho pla played It while others have havo to practice tice Ike It for tor months or years ears When Then Ill III in bed bett In ii London at S years cars of n ago o he 1 amused himself b by writing 1 rl ng symphonies fl Father n a Musician l The father fathel M rt of tho the Mozart l children 1 n n l The father fathel M rt of tho the Mozart l children 1 n n was as the se sedate ato and highly cultured court musician In Salzburg with a n salary alary a religious disposition and anda n a very ery handsome wife Indeed It Isaid is paid aid that ho and his wife c were the handsomest couple In that part of ot Ger- Ger mal malIro lie IFo reco recognized nied at once the Immortal immortal Im- Im mortal genius of or his son and set himself him him- self elt to develop to tho the utmost tho the precocious f clous cious gift r that Providence Pro had bestowed t upon his child He conceived this l education to be bo best advanced hv by a ar r series of oC excursions to the great European European Euro Euro- I art c centers and from year ear to toi i f f year rear he lie pursued this policy makin making r t money h bv by the precocious to appear In concert and thus tf giving ln Volf Wolfgang ang- ang the unusual opportunity opportunity o of 01 stud studying ln his classic at first ham Instead of ot reading musical hist his his- f t tl des iles Mozart lived them talked with their makers listened listene to their mastt rIN r- r IN eS as they W were IC produced all under I the rn most t favoring fa circumstances Paris Vienna London Rome Rom Berlin r nil all wore visited a again aln and a again aln Moan Mo Mo- Io- Io I an rl w W vav present in Paris during some someI of the fierce wars nars over tho the rival st styles style I F For of or and Gluck and he lie studied I oth masters mailers at first hand but he W was lS too young J fn ra and nd too discreet to take tal tides sides Ith either t Learned musicians wherever where the cJ ild used 1 to try tn all sorts o of I tricks to see c if Wolfgang ol an were cre really the marvel J that hat he was reported 1 to be s they would give him a bass I part PlIt only and tell him to write a part vart song over O it H or some borne one would sin sing a 1 tune and Mozart had to put lUt ut In iii an ac accompaniment accompaniment act ac- ac t as the they r sans sang He was 1 always elways being asked to proviso Improvise things s I i just a little fugue u uc while we wo wall wait ait srul as aM a m matter of ot fact the young oun child quite enjo enjoyed it it- itHe He lie was a musical roUter and arid he liked to prick his Un tiny point into his mature adversary ad and Jau laughed ell aloud in jo joyous ous and childish Kl e e when hen he saw that J lo ho e had wn blood It 11 was no trouble for Mozart t to I d an on extra part to a difficult quail ft 1 cr er to lo put In a flute accompaniment nt to t I Ithe I the tho themo mo most t florid son song Nothing e evet 1 him And tho the joke o of the Cue whole hol thing thine was was was-to to Mozart that Mozart that he ha tho ho thing asked better than an any old mu musician alive c could do present pres pros cat ent or absent U ed Uc Him Enchanted When you OtI como come to think about it t there ere was Bastion Bastien and the prettiest short opera ever er written u up tip r to that time Ume and It was composed by Mozart art when he was only 15 years cars old People LOSt co con n fl In Naples who still un be- be I cd n a spooks and spirits said I i that he wore vore an enchanted ring because he lie played so 80 marvelously mar on the harp harp- l r r l I chord an anu antI the they actually refused to t listen li un any more inure to his playing till un hot ho t r would t take I off ocr the tho I plaything la and layf lay f it t on Oh the tho box thus proving that his Ills t i majesty had nothing nothing- to do with k i j the thic marvelous mar playing l t He Ho was as famous as a pianist or ort t as ho was as a a- compos compos- I er H By tho the time he was 20 ho ha 0 could play tho piano and ol organ nn as well as II any musician of ot the tho da day was an excellent ex eX- ex- ex violInist and had written amt sym sym- r t operas cantatas pl piano no sonatas as 35 to trios besides any amount of or lesser things f Mozart knew exactly how music ought to sound when It was as written t t 1 and could realize the effect of ot it when It 11 was written That Is la a a. gift gUt denied t to most composers For lor they are 1 obliged to get set friends to pIa play what t thc they havo written to see ECO how It Is ta goIng goI goe go- go I e 1 In Ing to s sourd and to correct mistakes OU One anecdote Illustrates another pha phase e ed of d his Ils miraculous power to pIa play thoI tho I difficult of compositions He Ho was entertained at the tho court of ot VI- VI vine asked for tor tho the court composer tad and Invited him to turn the tho pages forI for I him He said bald I will play pIny ono of ot your youri i own compositions and ho did it It to the tho Razing of ot that learned 2 and Il 0 musician Mozart was unspoiled as a child He Jo I Would Rould climb J up UI on the lap ap of ot his ro royal al v entertainers after he was through with his music and fondle their pretty Jewels Jew jaw els cIs while the ladles ladies enjo enjoyed cd his spontaneous spontaneous spontaneous spon spon- affection quito as ns much as ns If it ho were an ordinary baby Tho courts went wild over o tho the children but in those days das there thoro were no iio wa ways s 's to In Invent In In- vest vent such genius with lucrative tion There were no prima donna con con- III in thos days a s 's with a a. salary a of a year c r. r Mozart was e exceedingly fond of or his kind father lather and would do anything to please him He lie never nover needed whipping whipping whipping whip whip- ping nor was was' he ho self conscious or silly Ho lie was immediately serious when ho bo approached his own music oven when the merest bab baby To him music was was- divino and to bo be worshiped In iii all seriousness and gravity lIe He was an Indefatigable student It must not bo thou thought ht that ho neglected work because bo- bo cause of or hi his transcendent genius He Ho was so 80 painstaking that no amount of t labor or toil toll was too much to to 1 polish tho Jewel hI his HOU soul Roul had hod produced cl lb Ho studied everywhere o all nIl tho the time of or everybody that could teach or en cn him Copied Among Interesting things that are told of or him it is said that ho he Just st to tho singing of ot Allegri's in tho the Sistine chapel when he was wis III In Rome Everyone knows knous that this wonderful music is church property and no ono one Is allowed to cOP copy or write It down but Mozart then only a child chUd was as so enraptured i with it that ho went vent rl right ht home and tho the whole thing out without tho the mistake of ot a single note noto in all that complicated harmony His memory was wasa a veritable marvel This memorizing Is possible to all good g musicians to a degree but none have nave ever repeated this wondrous feat teat Mozart's l father being an active musician musician musician mu mu- taught his son Bon how to handlo handle all musical Instruments And this was er very useful to tho the bo boy bov when ho began to write for tor or the orchestra He lie used to sit In a corner of ot hl his fathers father's orchestra orchestra orchestra or or- chestra and watch t.-atch tho the musicians playIng play play- Ing lag listening carefully to each one ono so that he could tell exactly Of ot a n tone r each hind h H Ho He soon tn to know s' s moro r rib ib about C o orchestration a th i than I anyone else also possibly could For his power was genius plus hard work worle And AndIs I Is not work a a. component part of ge genius genius genius' go- go titus 1 Mozart soon knew know which Instruments I sounded well together an and which were wore I the tho best notes each Instrument ha had I and It was wat because he used exactly those particular notes whon when he ho composed composed com corn posed his music that he was able to get got the most beautiful effects out of ot each instrument What a lo cl lovely thought to associate with our Father who Is the Master faster Musician Does He not always see sec the b best st notes In each of His children chil chill dren and Is Ho to not always tr trying ln to persuade us to sound only tho those e best notes when we sing sinS in unison with our fellows Mozart cast aside all an prevalent pre Ideas about operas or rather he recast them all In the tho mold of ot his ow own 1 supreme genius and brought them forth refined purified eternally beautiful Ho Ito brou brought ht out all nIl the tho richest and sweetest powers In the human voice I I II I a as he did In the Instruments and he nm put Fut f forth rth a now nev Idea In operatic wrIt wrIt- Ing zig 1 He said that must sald each cach character h be tr true to Its s own motif oven even In the tho mUSIC th and ov oven In the tho scene in which tho the character caracter might bo ho cast It If f you OU u are arc writing a stor story you oU don dont don't t make malte a a. g gay person say solemn things Of or course cours If it anything sad happens you ou I dont don't make mako your volatile person joy Joyous us and flippant but even then such an one ono will not change his hlll character vcr very i o much So with a a. very serious Bellous person ho l would not frivol even Oven while bathing In Saltair So Mozart l arranged his music to permit a a. bravo brave person to havea have havo a bravo brave to sing tat for tor n nothing weak caK could belong to such a charac- charac ter ut He e might 01 be sad but it would be bo a noble kind of ot a a. sadness that would not ii permit e him to whimper or whine I about abou t It it Originated This bites Itlen I of BeC Before ro Mozart no one ono had thought ot or such a D. thing Since no one IM thinks ot of anything else elso Before Mo- Mo Io- Io ait musicians made all persons in Jn a sad whether scone sing sadly no matter all took the same santo view of ot the stage catastrophe or not Mozart lot put remain what hat they were an and ho he this difference into his music The Tho Jester jestel In Tho The Magic Fluto Flute sees no I sadness in any of tho deviltry de of oC the tIme queen and he sings none You always I hear the bells jingling on tho the jester Jesters s I cap no matter who vho olse Is In trouble I Mozart's time timo schedule looks s sery very ery I much like it might have havo been the H model tJ of ot of J J. PIerpont Morgans Morgan's as to In In- In I I not let mo me hasten to say as regards re- re gards ard financial results But hero Is the dally daily program ram Rise at 6 o'clock no matter what high Jinks had been In In- In dul cd In the tho night or morning before And Mozart art artas was as at some high Jinks s and low Jow Jinks s too rho The barber camo came at this unearthly hour and pomaded powdered patted perfumed and curled tho the fine luxuriant hair of tho the maestro rain or 01 shine This was no small task I In n those days for tor Mozart had vanity ty and his hair his hands and foot feet were his hits pride and jO Joy Then having his hair air properly lifted to Its foot and a a. half height the young genius sat down to compose tin till 9 Then lessons were given till 1 o'clock Then rhen he ho dT cd and rested till 5 5 when ho worked on till 9 In iii tho the evening e Then came another rest and from 11 till 1 1 ho was at nt his music When rhen rest is spoken of ot you OU must enter all kinds of ot Ja gay follies for fOI Mozart was the gayest of ot tho the gay gay gay- after he escaped front from his fathers father's leadIng leadIng lead- lead Ing lag string nt fit 21 21 1 As an Instance of ot his rapid manner of ot composition it Is said that tho the oven even ing before his fis great reat opera Don Giovanni was performed he ho happened to remember that the overture was not written So out he went for tor a quiet stroll When hen he ho came carne back it was all Ul In his h head nea l. l and Dud soon goon all on paper his family lau laughed hed and Joked jol he lie wrote out this wonderful overture and the orchestra pla played cd it at sight that Mozart was born almost a quarter of ot a century behind Haydn and ho lived wrought and died before Haydn Hadn reached his apex But these two are arc recognized as ns contemporary and associate asso asso- elate leaders anti and musicians |
