What was the first instrument that Mozart learnt to play?

In a lot of paintings depicting young Mozart sat at a clavier, does anybody know if it is a harpsichord or a clavichord?

Answer by Emily C
harpsichord

Answer by CTW
It was a clavier, which is very much like a harpsichord.

Answer by Vladimir Vladinsky
All of them

Answer by suhwahaksaeng
I don’t know which was the very first, but I know the violin was one of them.There is a story about 5-year-old Wolfie substituting for an absent violinist at a string quartet rehearsal, doing the job perfectly, amazing everyone else, and then shrugging it all off because it was “only a second violin part.”

That story may be an exaggeration, though. We have a set of violin pieces which Leopold wrote for his son which is all in first position and dated from the year that little Wolfie had his seventh birthday.

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I know all of it is classical and I haven’t really listened to any of it except for Mozart. I was wondering how you would be able to tell the difference between all of their music. Do you like this kind of music? If you do, who do you like most?

Answer by juliench1
I’m partial to Beethovan. Bach’s music is baroque, so i has a very even tempo and is cyclical (makes use of rounds) also Bach uses a lot of organ because baroque music was often liturgical and very complex.

Mozart comes later chronologically and his music is the archetypical classical style, it’s much lighter kind of a reaction against the thickness of the baroque that came before

Beethoven is interesting because he straddles the classical and the romantic divide. Classical classical music , while less heavy than baroque, is still very structured and not given to grand embellishment. Romantic music is, generally more expressive and more embellished and has that as its aim. Beethoven is pretty good to start with because his musical compositions evolve from formal to more and more romantic so it’s cool to follow his progress.

But of all classical composers i’d have to say my favorite, that you haven’t mentioned here, is Chopin, but that’s because i’m very partial to the piano.

Answer by i. jones
In GENERAL Beethoven’s music is more dramatic than Mozart’s; Mozart’s is more romantic.
Several

Mozart was born 6 years after Bach’s died and Beethoven was born 20 years after Bach died. Music had completely changed character over the course of time. In the case of pop music, it would be like the difference between close harmony ballads of the 50s and electronic drum driven disco of the 70s. Actually a greater difference, since we are talking about the end of one great composer’s life and the infancy of two others.

Which do I like most is a tough question. Each is unique and a master of the craft.

… Nobody likes me for it, but Mozart is my least favorite of the three.

Answer by Spruceree
Once you become familiar with their individual styles, it becomes quite easy to distinguish between the music of 3 composers you mentioned. Bach’s music is contrapuntal, meaning that there is more than one melody at the same time, as opposed to having a melody and an accompaniment to it as Mozart and Beethoven typically did. Mozart’s music generally sounds more conservative than Beethoven’s, however Beethoven went through 3 distinct periods in which his style changed and developed. Late Mozart and early Beethoven can sound somewhat similar in style, but “middle” and “late” Beethoven cannot be confused with Mozart, nor anyone else except for perhaps late Schubert.

My personal favorites are Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Bartok, Shostakovich and Prokofiev.

Answer by Rachel
First of all, only Mozart is Classical. Bach is Baroque and Beethoven, though he composed during the Classical era, is more famous for ushering in the Romantic. Mozart tends to have a lighter quality, I think, though not any less difficult than the others. Mozart also wrote more opera than both Bach and Beethoven. In fact, Bach did not write any operas, and Beethoven only wrote one called Fidelio. I’ll admit I know less about Bach, but Beethoven tended to focus on orchestral pieces, and I personally love them. Particularly (pardon the cliche) the ninth symphony. Glorious. Listen to their music. It’s very obviously different, due to their personalities and their eras.

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