Mozart's Musical Prowess

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Mozart’s Musical Prowess
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a man renowned for his beautiful and prolific compositions during the Classical era ( HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Erich_Deutsch" \o "Otto Erich Deutsch" Deutsch, 1965). Mozart has been renowned for the various works he produced. Numbering to almost 600, Mozart composed music ranging from symphonic to operatic and choral music. This wide diversity allowed him to cover various genres of music, each considered a masterpiece.
The Violin Concerto No.5 was written during the holiday season. Mozart was in Salzburg in 1775 when this concerto was composed. However, the exact date is still undetermined because an analysis of the watermarks and writing shows the piece’s creation date was changed. The structure follows a scale which moves fast and then lowers itself to a slow but ends on a fast note. The larger number of concertos made by Mozart aimed at the use of string instruments. The concerto which was set in A major K.219 and is about twenty-eight minutes long. The concerto is scored for two horns, two oboes and strings. The first movement, of aperto, is one of the rare movements made by Mozart in an instrumental. This form was generally employed by the composer for his operatic compositions. By setting the aperto movement, Mozart implied that the concerto should begin in a majestic fashion. This is a typical Mozart tune which is followed by a single violin playing a short adiago passage. This adiago is accompanied by the orchestra and is one of the only instances where a soloist intrudes in the movement. The concerto then goes back to the first movement where a single violin plays a different tune the orchestra. The final tune, rondo, is a characteristic Mozart tune which has sections of loud Turkish music. These bits of Turkish music have caused many to call the violin concerto, the Turkish concerto. Thus, in three movements, aperto, adiago and rondo, the entire concerto represents one of Mozart’s famous instrumentals.
Symphony No. 41, created in 1788, w...