December 2011
83 posts
“What is this? Is it modern?”
– - Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus when the dancers onstage dance without music. (via ch-loie
)
wiepeinlich-deactivated20120208 asked: Hey! Do you know of any good & true biographical films or books on Mozart? Perhaps another follower does? Thanks!
ch-loie asked: I've heard that the movie Amadeus is historically inaccurate, but do you know in what ways it is?
booshfox asked: Oh, I really love this blog! I'm a music history major at school and I recently finished a seminar about Mozart and his portrayal in Amadeus. Thanks for running this!
drattedbird asked: There's a documentary on Mozart (the name of which I can't recall) and the guy in it keeps referring to Little!Mozart as "the little sausage" and it's really weird; have you perhaps seen it? If so, what were your thoughts? I saw it ages ago but that's the only thing that I really remember.
Ich danke Ihnen, liebling: So. Amadeus. →
thats-chill-bro:
I said I got to see it last night.
I did.
HOLY. JESUS.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
God, and in the end you hear the Requiem in the background when they practically dump his corpse into a pit of other bodies, without any markers or anything. All my tears. All of them.
But I didn’t like his wife. I’m…
The portrayal of Constanze isn’t accurate at all (actually the film...
Fuck yes, netflix has Amadeus!
Donna Elvira: Scellerato!
Don Giovanni: Sconsigliata!
I am the end of the World.: Fuck yeah, cultured... →
jalapenobiscuits:
After Mozart passed away, the town drunk heard some strange noises coming from the grave site. Terrified, he ran and got the priest. He bent close to the headstone and heard some faint, unrecognizable music. The frightened priest got the town magistrate. He listened for a minute and said, “Ah,…
“We cannot despair about mankind knowing that Mozart was a man.”
– Albert Einstein (via howlikeawinter
)
“I would like to have everything that is good, genuine, and beautiful.”
– W. A. Mozart (via themesssinside
)
PS: He was talikng about clothes. And I love that. :D
Anonymous asked: Look up "Peter Shaffer's Amadeus in 30 seconds" on YouTube.
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Hi there!
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Here’s the link, in case you want to follow or just take a look:
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rollinghighh:
leadingtone:
Salieri - Fortepiano Concerto in...
