Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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This paper considers the life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and how they fit with his era, showing the nature of the time in which he lived and how he affected music in that period. The paper notes how Mozart was always dependent on the largesse of patrons meaning political and social leaders of the era who funded artists and musicians and who often demanded certain types of art or music from their artists and composers.

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"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left behind a large body of work in spite of his death at a relatively young age. He stands with Bach and Beethoven as one of the giants of music, in his case from the Classical era in the eighteenth century, an era marking a change from the earlier Baroque era and leading later to the beginning of the Romantic era. Mozart's work demonstrates many of the intellectual forces of his time and also shows the political influences on music and on the artist in that era. Mozart was always dependent on the largesse of patrons, meaning political and social leaders of the era who funded artists and musicians and who often demanded certain types of art or music from their artists and composers."

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