Cause its all ive been listenin to for the past week! its just so so beautiful. definitely Mozarts most mature work
One of my favorites too. And such a remarkable piece of music! When I finished an undergraduate music degree, we had a comprehensive exam on history, theory, analysis (and composition if one was so inclined). A lot of it consisted of looking at unidentified scores or listening to an unidentified piece and writing about it. The first piece I pulled out I looked at... and it was the opening of the Mozart requiem. I had never realized the unusual instruments he used until I saw the score, but it made the piece all the more amazing because I got to analyze it.
How can someone not be into his Requiem? It's, in my mind, one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. If you haven't seen it performed live, I highly advise that you do. Verdi's Requiem is another great, as well. Dies Irae therefrom is captivating.
it's very mature. his most mature work in the mass genera. but his absolute most mature? hardly, Mozart was a supreme music-an. prolific and decades ahead of his time. symphonies 39, 40 and 41 were all written in the summer of 1788 in three short months. they are all completely unsurpassed, even today and represent some of the most musically supreme pieces every created. 1st movement of his 40th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC2ePGkmopg 41 will blow your mind. read the info. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcly8-RGhgw What Mozart does is take these five themes and combines them to create a fugato in five-part counterpoint. That is, he takes the five melodies and simultaneously plays them in a variety of combinations and permutations. Imagine five separate melodies, all with their own notes, being played simultaneously, but each constantly changing. It's impossible for the human ear to focus on the enormous amount of notes that this simultaneous playing and constant changing entails. The effect is that the music seems to encompass an infinite amount of sound. With lesser two or three-part fugues, it is occasionally possible to sense everything that is going on. Once you get to four voices, it's nearly impossible to detect all of the nuances of the melodies. With five, well, only God could completely grasp its profundity.
For a number of years, the Requiem was my favorite piece of music, period. Even now it remains one of my most cherished albums. Can't agree about the Verdi though, I find hideously over-dramatic and long. The Dies Irae is good, one of the only classical pieces one can headbang to.
To be honest, I don't really like the music of Mozart but his Requiem is absolutely one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. I adore it.
