Article: 'Amadeus' is thoughtful, energetic evening of theater

Article: MAGNIFICENT Mozart Let's party like it's 1756 (to commemorate the birth of a musical genius)
The Gazette;  January 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......music, 2006 has been ordained the year of Mozart. Celebrations of the composer's 250th...the country and will continue far past Mozart's Friday birthday. What accounts for the...Springs Chorale conductor Donald Jenkins, Mozart's appeal is as spiritual as it is musical...

Article: Mozart and the Pianist
Musical Opinion;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...MOZART AND THE PIANIST By Michael Davidson Kahn & Averill...issue, this is similar. While claiming to tackle only "Mozart's Major Works for Solo Piano" it in fact deals with nearly...this 363-page book would have by them a good edition of Mozart's Piano Sonatas and miscellaneous pieces. He opines that...

Article: Encore for Mozart: Austria's hills are alive with the sound of music as Vienna and Salzburg remember the wonder boy. (article concludes on page 108)
Saturday Evening Post;  March 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...ENCORE FOR MOZART You know that I am immersed in music, that I...speculating, studying, considering, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his father. Throughout 1991, the two Austrian cities in which Mozart's music is rooted will immerse themselves in...

Article: Introduction to Mozart's Music
AP Online;  January 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Associated Press Writer AP Online 01-27-2006 Mozart composed his first work three days before...answered during the next four measures, Mozart's music offers great variety and unsurpassed...melodies. A guide to some top selections from Mozart's vast output (the K. numbers are designated...

Article: Anniversary Hype: The Birthday Bash; Critics can deconstruct his legacy all they want. But it won't keep fans from snatching up those Mozart golf balls.
Newsweek International;  January 30, 2006 ;     519 words ......Pepper Whatever the source or extent of Mozart's genius, there is no doubt about his...host a festival of new music inspired by Mozart and organized by Peter Sellars, who will...unveil his new, contemporary production of Mozart's unfinished opera Zaide there in May...

Article: Searching for a Mozart you never knew was lost
The Boston Globe;  May 4, 2007 ;     634 words ...Movie Review In Search of Mozart Directed by: Phil Grabsky At: Museum...festivities marking the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth have come and gone, but the...favors are still arriving. "In Search of Mozart," Phil Grabsky's informative feature-leng...

Article: From child to man. (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
The Economist (US);  January 26, 1991 ;     700+ words ......remains before the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death on December 5th. Yet for months...throughout the year-grandly proclaimed as Mozart Year by some kind of promotional General...the composer as he really was, and is. Mozart is being promoted all over the world as...

Article: A homage to Mozart for musically literate
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 15, 1991 ;     669 words ...On Mozart By Anthony Burgess. Ticknor & Fields. $19.95. Anthony Burgess...Fiction, has written a highly personalized response to the Mozart Bicentennial. Burgess describes On Mozart aptly on the title page: "On Mozart, a Paean for Wolfgang...

Article: Delfs, Massey beg to differ on Mozart; One's a fan, one's a little skeptical as MSO celebrates composer's 250th
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Mozart turns 250 this year, and everyone's celebrating, including...numerous guests will play a four-program, six- concert Mozart Festival over two weekends, starting Friday. Music director...current frequent guest Andrew Massey will preside over two. Mozart, after a childhood of being paraded around Europe ...

Article: Mozart: A Life.
The Economist (US);  July 22, 1995 ;     700+ words ...MOZART: A LIFE. By Maynard Solomon. Hutchinson; 640 pages; Pounds 25. HarperCollins; $35 OF MOZART biographies there would seem to be no end. He fascinates...biographical fact, by something elusive in his life. From Mozart's earliest years when his father trotted him about Europe...

Article: Key notes on Mozart.(Television Program Review)
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: PETER PATERSON In Search Of Mozart (Ch5) THE excellent, three part bluffers' guide In Search Of Mozart concluded last night with a useful set...What a shame, that bastard Salieri had Mozart poisoned out of sheer jealousy for his...

Article: For the Heat Of the Moment; NSO Immerses Patrons In the Subtle Pleasures Of Mozart's Many Faces
The Washington Post;  June 24, 1996 ;     700+ words ...When did Mozart become the quasi-official classical music...mantle with the establishment of the Mostly Mozart festival at Lincoln Center in 1966. For...the National Symphony Orchestra's own Mozart Summer Festival at the Kennedy Center...

Article: Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music
Opera News;  March 1, 2006 ;     439 words ...Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends. His Music by jane Glover HarperCollins Publishers, 406pp. $27.95 Reading about Mozart's life can be depressing - the child prodigy with the impossible-to-pl...while dictating his Requiem from his deathbed. Whatever Mozart's woes, Jane Glover reminds us in ...

Article: Mozart at 250: No Signs of Slowing Down; As Birthday Nears, Composer Is the One Bestowing Gifts
The Washington Post;  January 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......is now 250 years since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria -- and some...world has changed radically since 1756 but Mozart remains a constant -- we continue to regard...absolutely spontaneous. Indeed, because Mozart's music is so flowing, direct and eloquent...