Mozart Minute
“Mozart Minute,” hosted by Jennifer Hambrick, Classical 101 Midday Announcer, takes a look at the life of Mozart and little known tidbits and trivia about the Austrian composer, in a minute
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Classical 101Leopold Mozart’s earlier tours to promote his musical children had gone so well that he repeated the experiment, taking Wolfgang alone on three trips to… -
Classical 101In a previous episode of The Mozart Minute, the Mozart family’s stay in the Netherlands almost turned tragic. But not only did everyone survive, the young…
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Classical 101From 1763 to 1766, Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria, were touring their prodigiously gifted children through western Europe, making their talents…
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Classical 101If you’re a genius working on your latest masterpiece, you have to take some time off once in a while to stop and smell the roses. Or to stop and drink…
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Classical 101The saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words. But a picture of Mozart's wife inspired baby talk from her genius husband.In the spring of 1789, the…
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Classical 101Oscar Wilde once said “all bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.” If true, then the poem Mozart wrote for his sister on her thirty-second birthday was…
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Classical 101Leopold Mozart’s earlier tours to promote his musical children had gone so well that he repeated the experiment, taking Wolfgang alone on three trips to…
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Classical 101In a previous episode of The Mozart Minute, the Mozart family’s stay in the Netherlands almost turned tragic. But not only did everyone survive, the young…
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Classical 101Mozart Minute: Nannerl’s Last Rites and Mozart’s Fourth SymphonyFrom 1763 to 1766, Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria, were touring their…
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Classical 101The saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words. But in one letter to his wife, Mozart’s words paint a picture of the effect his wife’s portrait has on…
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Classical 101In the final year of his life, Mozart composed his piano variations on the aria Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding – "A Wife Is the Most Glorious Thing" –…
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Classical 101After Mozart left - or, rather, was sacked from - his Salzburg court job, he had to make it as a freelance musician in Vienna. To stay in the game and…
