The Life of Mozart, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life of Mozart, Vol. 1 of 2 It is well to draw the reader's attention to some of the steps which Mozart took in advancing his art, and it must be kept in mind that access to the works of others was in those days most difficult, so that he learned only by fragments what his predecessors had done. His father, Leopold Mozart, was such a teacher as few sons have ever had. He was a most excellent theoretic and practical musician, but nevertheless of a school by no means the best, his poverty and residence at Salzburg depriving him of advantages now within the reach of every schoolboy. Both Mozart and Haydn were strongly tinctured with the music of the sons of the great John Sebastian Bach, so that much of their writings might pass for inferior work by Mozart. So far as Mozart' knew, orchestral music was in embryo. The opera had reached its highest point in Gluck. Church music had passed from a correct, simple, and severe style into one loose, sensuous, and ornamental. It will be seen in this biography how he advanced in each of these branches of music. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.