Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Online Databases:
Biography Resource Center http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/bois40712 Encyclopedic reference articles that provide an excellent basic overview of Mozarts life. World Book Encyclopedia Online http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=Welcome+Boise+City+Ind+School+Dist+1 Detailed reference article providing an excellent basic overview of Mozarts life.

Books and Videos:

The Vintage Guide to Classical Music by Swafford, Jan 780 SWA Excellent biography and commentary on Mozarts style and compositions. Occasionally funny too! Introducing Mozart Vernon, Roland B Mozart Heroes: Great Men Through the Ages by Hazell, Rebecca BC Hazell 5 page biography, includes a timeline Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (And What the Neighbors Thought) Krull, Kathleen BC KRU Great Composers, 1300-1900: A Biographical and Critical Guide by Ewen, David R BC GRE 7 page biography Mozart (Biographical Video) PROF VID B MOZART

Ebooks:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Mozart, the Man and Artist, As Revealed in His Own Words. Edited by FRIEDRICH KERST. Project Gutenberg. May 2003. Project Gutenberg. Web. (date of access) <http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/wamma11.txt>. ****Primary source material consisting of actual letters that Mozart wrote. The dates of the letters, who they were written to, and why they were written (context) are included. Great for getting to know what Mozart thought and felt.

Rosen, Charles. The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. Google Books. 1971. W. W. Norton and Company Inc. Web. (date of access) <http://books.google.com/books? id=vGdcINvz9n4C&dq=music+theory+mozart&printsec=frontcovr &source=in&hl=en&ei=VuhZS4eFFI7wsQOB6nSBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CCwQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=music %20theory%20mozart&f=false>. Ebook containing analysis of musical compositions, and information about classical styles .

Sadie, Stanley. Mozart: The Early Years 1756-1781. Google Books. 2006. Estate of Stanley Sadie. Web. (date of access) <http://books.google.com/books?id=Jy9YdoTnF0C&dq=music+theory+mozart&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=VuhZS4eFFI7ws QOB6nSBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12&ved=0CC4Q6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=music %20theory%20mozart&f=false>. Ebook containing scholarly biographical information, plus analysis of his compositions.

Websites:
Brown, A. Peter. Amadeus and Mozart: Setting the Record Straight. The Mozart Project. 22 Nov. 2001. Steve Boerner. Web. (date of access) <http://www.mozartproject.org/essays/brown.html>. Compares the real Mozart to the one portrayed in the movie, Amadeus. Simkin, Benjamin. Mozarts Scatological Disorder. British Medical Journal.19 December 1992. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. Web. (date of access) <http://ukpmc.ac.uk/picrender.cgi? artid=983718&blobtype=pdf>. Biography. The Mozart Project. 22 Nov. 2001. Steve Boerner. Web. (date of access) <http://www.mozartproject.org/biography/index.html>. Excellent, detailed biography with actual quotes from Mozart. Includes Mozarts family tree. Very well organized information. Boynick, Matthew. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Classical Music Pages. 1 February 1996. The Classical Music Web Ring. Web. (date of access) <http://w3.rzberlin.mpg.de/cmp/mozart.html>. Includes biography (taken from Grove Concise Dictionary of Music), music era and style information, plus sound files of piano concertos # 12 and #15, as well as other compositions. Composers: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Naxos. 2010. Naxos Digital Services Ltd. Web. (date of access) <http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/wolfgang_amadeus_mozart/15934.htm>. Contains two page biography, plus a listing of his musical compositions (and what albums, performers, and conductors have recorded them for the Naxos label). Albums may be downloaded for purchase from Classicsonline.com) Listen to Mozart. BBC Radio 3. n.d. BBC. Web. (date of access)

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/mozart/listen_flute.shtml>. Contains audio links for entire symphonies 29, 40, 41, and the overture The Magic Flute. Listen by Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. DSO Kids. 2010. Dallas Symphony Association. Web. (date of access) <http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=15.> Provides a brief biography, plus audio links to listen to 3 short excerpts from some of his compositions (Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik, Papagenos Aria, and Overture to Abduction from the Seraglio) Composers Gallery: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. New York Philharmonic Kidzone. 2010. New York Philharmonic Organization. Web. (date of access) <http://www.nyphilkids.org/gallery/main.phtml? >. Graphical interface that has a clipart picture gallery with different composers cartoon portraits, plus a thumbnail (brief paragraph about each composers life) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Biography. Classics for Kids. 2010. Cincinnati Public Radio. Web. (date of access) <http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=36>. Has a brief biography, plus an audio link for hearing the entire composition Piano Sonata No. 11 in A (The Turkish Rondo) Turkish Rondo Cummings, Robert. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. All Music. 2009. Rovi Corporation. Web. (date of access) <http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:7754>. Provides a 2 page biography, plus audio links for excerpts from his different compositions. Also provides a list of his compositions with some background information about each of them Takes a little while to get used to the interface of the audio portion of this site.

JUST FOR FUN!

The Mozart Effect Skeptics Dictionary. 23 February 2009. R. T. Carroll. Web. (date of access) <http://www.skepdic.com/mozart.html>. Excellent description of several tests done to measure brain activity during the times when Mozarts music was played. How Mozart K448 can increase your IQ Listen & Try. Smartkit Puzzle Playground. Smartkit.com. Web. (date of access) <http://www.smart-kit.com/s245/how-the-amazing-mozart-k448-can-increase-youriq-listen-now/>. Test out the Mozart Effect for yourself! Volume 1 Mozart. Meet the Musicians. 1998. Learn360. Web. (date of access) <http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID=131961>. ****Wonderful film with a musician playing the part of Mozart. Funny, dramatic, great music and very interesting presentation. 51 minutes long. 6 different sections, each under 10 minutes long.

****In order to stream this film, you must login in to our database Learn360. Get the login and password from the librarian. Whole Notes: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sound Venture Productions Ottawa Limited. 1999. Discovery Education. Web. (date of access) <http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/> . ****Interest film about Mozart and his music. Part of the film compares the real Mozart with the movie character in the movie Amadeus. Interspersed in the biographical info, are different musicians commenting on Mozarts life. The entire film 26 minute long (in 6 sections of 10 minutes or less in each) ****In order to stream this film, you must login in to our database UnitedStreaming. Get the login and password from the librarian.