Influence of Specific Instruments

Feb 21, 2019 ... But Mozart loved the viola. His Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola remains the most beautiful piece written – well, half-written – for ... Nov 16, 2021 ... But what is exceptionally hard is playing with a perfectly clean, elegant style. As violin fellow Evan Campbell states, “Mozart's pieces might ... So Mozart did write for the piano, although he played both the harpsichord and the piano. But his music took advantage of the fact that you could play loud and ... Jun 14, 2013 ... The violin and viola that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played himself are in the United States for the first time ever. The instruments come out ... ... plays the harp magnificently,” young Wolfgang wrote to his father. Whatever negative feelings Mozart had about the two instruments (and about the daughter's ... In her childhood, she developed into an outstanding keyboard player under the tutelage of her father Leopold. She became a celebrated child prodigy and went on ... This indeed confirms that Mozart had played Baumann's instruments and judged them as 'good'! We may safely assume that Mozart wanted to pick the best possible ... May 5, 2020 ... But his ad copy tells us something important, and that is that the young Wolfgang's primary keyboard instrument was indeed the harpsichord. ( ... Oct 2, 2004 ... According to a fairly recent Strad magazine article, Stradivaris were considered "orchestral" instruments in Germany and Austria during Mozart's ... Nov 14, 2024 ... Did Mozart actually sound better in the eighteenth century? How can we even know what music sounded like in the past?