When I say Mozart ... what comes into your head?
What does Mozart mean to you? What is "the Mozart style"? What are the things that characterise Mozart's music for you? Is it elegance, flawless bow control ... emotion ...
Just interested to hear people's opinions and any tips for playing Mozart stylistically correct.
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Chocolate ice cream?
Genius, born in an extraordinary family. I would read his letters and A Treatise on the Fundamentals of Violin Playing by his only teacher, his dad Leopold.
Opera cake
Bananas?
Light and fluffy!
....but that doesn't mean easy...
I love 'happy Mozart'...
Mozart Balls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozartkugel
The first thing to my mind is it was the mid-century, the aristocrats dancing to his music.
Mozzarella?
Chocolate covered marzipan. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
But we also had a topic on this not so long ago (and a few more before that) that you might find useful:
I think Mozart had fun writing much of his music, and he would want us to have fun playing it. He wouldn't want it to be hell.
Pretty blonde girls come into my head, in a very intellectual and spiritual way ...
John - how do they become crooked?
You'd have to ask Mozart himself. It's from one of his letters.
I'll phone him later, if he's in ...
Bum steer from John Minnich.
Bum steer????
http://books.google.com/books?id=E3zUw3bsZjYC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=burmesquik&source=bl&ots=NHvGoSiTsb&sig=ZkGYCkwQ6Wor6zzJ5NUVEEXSEv0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cPwlVOLuJ4n2yQTdq4J4&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=burmesquik&f=false
It's from a letter Mozart wrote to his cousin. Quoted repeatedly in a novel called "JR" by Wm. Gaddis
Nice going, hijacking someone's thread with your cheeky crap, guys.
Cheeky bums?
The BOTTOM LINE is:- Elise Stanley provided a nice link for the OP. IMHO, but it didn't work for me.
Try this - I am sure it's the one.
http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?ID=18565
David your link didn't work for me either (and I checked its the same problem with mine).
So the best way to find that topic is to use the search box above for "Mozart" "Style" and click on the topic called: 'How to play Mozart' (it was third in the list for me).
... But I also want to start a new topic on this which addresses a more general aspect.
"David your link didn't work for me either..."
My link is not "live". You need to copy it into Google and let it search. Bingo.
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If I include the full links here it it will include a nice picture of Laurie and also make the link to V.com so have had ro leave out!
David - I copied it into the URL box but it did not find the topic so there is a weird flaw, probably in v.com itself.
The code for url links or image insertion is given above the reply box (I can see both now while writing). All you do is copy the entire code )(starting with for images note that you can not upload an image onto V.com, you can only link to one elsewhere. However, if you can find it on google image then you can click on 'view image' and copy that url into the box. Here is an example: Just be careful to not add or remove any spaces or returns (there is one after the a at the beginning of the url template that I had a terrible time with). And now back to the Mozart topic... (I'm sure he is very confused...) ee 
Uhm, not to intrude on your segue but for me I think Mozart and I think of elegance. All about the refinement, right? My youth orchestra is a string-orchestra, so we often play Mozart pieces, but I've found it a bit unwieldy in a large group. I look forward to putting together a quartet with my peers this year and playing some. It's just so sensitive, and as we all know, so easy to screw up.
I remember he also wrote the slow movement of the Sinfonia Concertante and the Requiem and I really can't answer your question. What I would say is that he managed to plumb depths that Berlioz merely strove to plumb.
Wolfie the Plumber?
I agree the elegance and refinement are there, but so is the depth. And daring! The third mvt of M3 gets downright weird!
and the Dissonance intro?
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September 25, 2014 at 06:39 AM · Hell. Yep. First thing that came to my mind!