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The Mozart effect is the theory that listening to the music of Mozart may temporarily boost scores on one portion of an IQ test. Popular science versions of the theory make the claim that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter" or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific composer who wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired works can be found within the categories of operas, piano concertos, piano sonatas, symphonies, string quartets, and string quintets.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
Completed on May 23, 1791 (the date indicated in Mozart's own list of his works [2]), it was written for Marianne Kirchgessner, a blind glass harmonica virtuoso, who played the first performance in the Burgtheater Akademie on June 10, 1791, and subsequently performed it at the Kärtnertortheater on August 19, 1791. [1]
probably WA Mozart himself: 1782 232: 509a "Lieber Freistädtler, lieber Gaulimauli" Canon for 4 voices: probably WA Mozart himself: after 4 June 1787 233: 382d "Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber" / "Nichts labt mich mehr als Wein" – Canon for 3 voices: probably WA Mozart himself: 1782 234: 382e "Bei der Hitz im Sommer eß ich"
Mozart completed the concerto in January 1777, nine months after his Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major and with few significant compositions in the intervening period. [1] He composed the work for Victoire Jenamy, the daughter of Jean-Georges Noverre and a proficient pianist. [2] Mozart performed the concerto at a private concert on 4 October 1777.
12 Variations in E♭ major on the Romance "Je suis Lindor" from "Le Barbier de Seville" by Pierre Beaumarchais, music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron, K. 354 (Paris, 1778) 6 Variations in F major on the aria "Salve tu, Domine" from the opera "I filosofi immaginarii" by Giovanni Paisiello , K. 398 (Vienna, 1783)
The manuscript is dated 5 January 1791. However, Alan Tyson's analysis of the paper on which Mozart composed the work indicated that Mozart used this paper between December 1788 and February 1789, which implies composition well before 1791. Simon Keefe has written that the composition of the work dates from 1788. [1]