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For more than two centuries, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has endured — as has the speculation about what led to his sudden death at age 35 on Dec. 5, 1791.
What killed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart so suddenly in 1791? Was the 35-year-old composer poisoned? Could it have been kidney failure? A parasite?
Technically demanding and at times furiously paced, two newly identified Mozart works unveiled Sunday are helping scholars complete their assessment of the maestro's very early achievements.
The International Mozarteum Foundation said Thursday it has discovered two more works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
It's a forgotten melody, sketched in black ink in a swift but sure hand. The single manuscript page, long hidden in a provincial French library, has been verified as the work of Mozart, the apparent underpinnings for a Mass he never composed.
A team of musicologists is reviewing 19th-century copies of musical scores from a Polish monastery's archives in hopes that some might prove to be previously unknown works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the lead scholar said Tuesday.
It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience.
A leaf from Mozart's sketch for the Sinfonia Concertante in E flat sold Tuesday for a record price of $228,484 for a single page in the master's hand.
City authorities, fed up with gang activity in public places, are taking Bach their bus stop.
Mozart is now just a mouse-click away. Mozart maniacs, enthusiasts, students and scholars can now access the immortal composer's entire catalog through a free online database with some 24,000 pages.
Mozart may help preemies gain weightJERUSALEM — Is Mozart good for babies? A group of Israeli doctors have plunged into this long-running debate with a small study that found the soothing sounds of the 18th century composer may help premature babies grow faster.
Mozart 'peeing stone' parties boost Lower Austrian town A Lower Austrian town is holding a series of parties to mark a local's claim that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once visited – to take a pee.
What Really Killed Mozart? Maybe Strep Scandalous rumors about popular musicians were just as lurid in the 18th century as they are today, but they moved at a more deliberate pace. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on Dec. 5, 1791, and it took a whole week for a Berlin newspaper to announce that he had been poisoned.
Mozart Effect Real - For SomeA nice article on the real effects of the so-called Mozart Effect...which works, but only on non-musicians
Over the past 48 to 72 hours Michael Jackson has been compared to everyone from Mozart, to Fred Astaire to a messiah. Some sobbing fans have said he is the greatest entertainer that ever lived.
In the the previous part of this article, I suggested - as have others on Newsvine - that the Swine Flu discussion has diverted attention away from the torture issue.
Three-star hotel welcomes homeless Hotel Mozart, a three-star hotel in Brussels, is putting dozens of rooms at the disposal of homeless people who would otherwise have to sleep outside in the cold.
Missing Mozart score discovered in Nantes libraryA musical score on a small, yellowing scrap of paper found in a French library's archives has been confirmed as a lost work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Epileptic Improves with Music Therapy: Does Listening to Mozart Really Have Health Benefits?Every treatment had been tried for the patient's severe epilepsy. Seven epileptic drugs, and brain surgery, had failed to have any effect on the seizures and fits he had suffered daily for much of his 46 years.
A web-based application known as Music Map (/www.music-map.com/>) has taken on the great task of not only compiling and organizing all known composers, bands, rap groups, and solo artists, but also of relating them to one another in the form of a visual aid.
Rare Mozart portrait discoveredA portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that lay unidentified for more than 200 years has been proved to be authentic, according to an expert on the composer.
True face of Mozart revealed - Times Online His image in curled wig, embroidered red tunic and lace ruff stares out from kitsch portraits, decorative porcelain and chocolate boxes without number, but nobody really knew what Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart looked like – until now.
The Myth of the Mozart Effect: "A requiem may therefore be in order"It's incredible how much mileage you can get out of pseudoscientific baloney. A little marketing, a little wishful thinking, and a big dose of gullibility on the part of your target audience and you've got it made.
Leaf from Amadeus Mozart's masterpiece for sale to the tune of £100,000 One of only two surviving manuscript leaves from one of Mozart's greatest compositions has been found in a private collection in England.
Listen: Mozart's Don GiovanniAs the legend goes, he was the quintessential rake — a womanizing scoundrel with a list of amorous conquests so long that his right-hand man needs an entire aria just to outline it! His name is Don Juan or, in Mozart's musical version of the story, Don Giovanni
German and Poland dispute ownership of the original score for Mozart's 27th piano concertoAs Allied bombs fell on Berlin in the Second World War, the Nazis took tens of thousands of culturally important papers from the national library towards the eastern fringes of the Third Reich for safekeeping.
A Palestinian Mozart FestivalThhis artical caught my attention since I am an orchestral musician. It serves as a reminder that classical music is the West's gift to the world, and, in these separatist times, it is universal. Will Guns give way to violin bows? One can hope.
Mozart bounces back after losing penisAn Iguana called Mozart is enjoying a healthy sex life again - despite losing his penis at the weekend.
Reuters: "The good news for Mozart and his mates is that male iguanas have two penises"Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days.
Mozart concerto is music to the ears for the very first timeA recently discovered piano concerto, believed to be one of the earliest works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, will be performed for the first time today in Salzburg, the city where the composer was born.
Tight security for Mozart opera Idomeneo after Islamist threatsThe event passed of without a hitch, but nevertheless it raises many questions pertainign to freedom of speech/artistic expression, respect for faith, security and even European Christian ambivalence about their own beliefs and values.
A 250th Birthday Present from MozartSheet music of all of Mozart's works is now available online for free, following an initiative by Salzburg's International Foundation Mozarteum in honour of the 250th anniversary of his birth.
Mozart's entire musical score now free on Internet LONDON (Reuters) - Mozart's year-long 250th birthday party is ending on a high note with the musical scores of his complete works available from Monday for the first time free on the Internet.
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