Mozart 8 класс

composers ever born. In every form, from serenade to fugue,

from piano concerto and symphony to the heights of grand opera, his music amazes, enchants and invades ( овладевать) the memory.

began playing the piano at 4, and when he was

5 years old, he already composed serious music. His father took him on tours of Western Europe and Italy and the boy was always a success.

The genius conquered Vienna and the world. Mozart’s fame was

great. He met all the great figures of his time, from Haydn to Goethe. But then he suddenly fell from favour. The Vienna aristocracy grew tired of him. He lost pupils and contracts, had to move from his comfortable house in the centre to a modest flat in the suburbs. The genius was forgotten.

35 years old. There’s a legend that Mozart was poisoned

by his rival (соперник) composer Antonio Salieri.

many great poets, writers and composers. But it has been

proved that in the last months of his life Mozart really believed that he was pursued (преследовать) by a spirit (дух),who appeared and ordered him to write a requiem. In a state of depression Mozart imagined that he was to write the requiem for himself

operas, a vast quantity (огромное количество) of orchestral and other

instrumental music, and volumes of church music (he wrote it mostly for financial reasons). His most famous operas are Don Giovanny, The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro.

the piano?
Was Mozart’s fame long?
How did he spend the last

years of his short life?
Was Mozart poisoned?
What made he write his famous requiem?

неожиданно он впал в немилость.
Гений был забыт.
Моцарт представлял, что пишет

реквием себе.

the end of this “little tragedy”?
Have you heard Rimsky-Кorsakov’s opera

Mozart and Salieri?
What kind of music did Mozart write?
What do you think of Mozart’s music?