Friday, April 24, 2015

Mozart and Tchaikovsky, Happiness and Pathetic

After watching the documentary about Mozart by BBC and the biography for Tchaikovsky, I learned a lot about these two composer. Their life have some similarity, they all were know as genius but end miserably. In the same way, they also have some different on their music style.

Similarity:
        Mozart and Tchaikovsky, two great composer in the history of music, they were demonstrated their amazing talent  when they were very young. According to the documentary about Mozart by BBC, Mozart At age 3, Wolfgang was already playing the piano and had perfect-pitch. By the age of 5, Mozart already wrote a miniature allegro (K. 1b) and andante (K. 1a). In the same way, according to the biography for Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky was know as a very talent child. He could remember the music he listened even once. He also very creative and have many special ideas on music.
      More over, they all end their life miserably. Mozart dead when he was only 37 years old, Tchaikovsky dead at 53, and he had very serious depression and even considered suicide.

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Difference:
       As for the difference between Mozart and Tchaikovsky, I want to skip the life experience and talk more about their music. Mozart is know as the composer of royal music. His music is more considering  as relax and happiness. However, Tchaikovsky's music, according to the label of his symphony no.6, is called "Pathetique".  This shows how he struggled with depression and sad. Also, his symphony no.4 and no.5 are called trilogy with no.6. The emotional is more and more intensely through those three symphony. Finally, according to The Telegraphy, Tchaikovsky suicide after he finished Pathetique.

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