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Leopold Mozart: Symphonies.(Sound Recording Review)
Leopold Mozart: Symphonies. Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo Barockorchester. CPO 999 942-2.
Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) was so obviously overshadowed by his son that a person hardly recognizes anything by the father anymore, save the occasional recording of the "Toy Symphony." This disc aims to remedy that situation a bit by offering up four of the elder Mozart's symphonic compositions other than the "Toy Symphony." The result shows us a far less-stern taskmaster than the grim-faced character we all met in the movie "Amadeus."
Apparently writing whenever he could to support his family, Leopold Mozart indulged himself often in the then-emerging popular style of "program music." Such music was not always considered by proper Vienna musical circles to be of the highest calibre, but its simplicity appealed to the masses, and Mozart found much favor with it.
The Sinfonia di cassia or "Hunting Symphony" brings with it a range of hunting calls, barking dogs, and simulated gunshots. The Peasant Wedding uses a hurdy-gurdy, a bagpipe, and various vocal yelps from the musicians to recreate a riotous wedding scene. The Sinfonia burlesca presents ...
- Leopold Mozart's paternal pride and prejudice. (Music).(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Selby, Agnes January 1, 1999 700+ words
...biographers proclaim the pivotal role Leopold Mozart played in his son's life. His influence...Constanze placed her stamp of approval on Leopold Mozart's role in his son's life. The...eighteenth century, she did not question Leopold Mozart's motives. She would have seen in...
- LEOPOLD MOZART'S PATERNAL PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
- Magazine article from: Quadrant SELBY, AGNES January 1, 1999 700+ words
...biographers proclaim the pivotal role Leopold Mozart played in his son's life. His influence...Constanze placed her stamp of approval on Leopold Mozart's role in his son's life. The...eighteenth century, she did not question Leopold Mozart's motives. She would have seen in...
- Leopold Mozart.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Leopold Mozart, Père de Marianne Mozart...
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Leopold Mozart, Pere de Marianne Mozart...
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Leopold Mozart...
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Toy Symphony
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
Toy Symphony (Ger. Kindersymphonie ). Simple sym. in which toy instr. are used...Most popular example, formerly attrib. to Joseph Haydn, is by Leopold Mozart, with toy instr. probably added by M. Haydn. Several others exist...
- SCHOOL ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR TO HAVE 8TH WORK PUBLISHED.(NORFOLK COMPASS)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot Mills, Dawson April 9, 1998 700+ words
...and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father, Leopold Mozart. Rigg's latest work is an arrangement of the second and third movements of Leopold Mozart's ``Toy Symphony,'' a popular mainstay of the classical repertoire...
