Amadeus – the life of a musician during the Classical Period

1)       What are court composers? Who do they work for? What problems were they facing – professionally and personally?

• Court composers are composers that work for the King, creating music for orchestra and operas. The problems they face are that they don't have much freedom to compose. They have to follow what the King wants.

2)       What are they composing? What were the themes of their work?

• They compose operas and music for the orchestra. The theme was about what the King wants. 

3)       How are they treated by society – by the upper class and the lower class?

• The upper class often went and saw the performances. The lower class, however, sometimes mocked their operas and music.

4)       What did you learn about Mozart – positives and negatives?

• There are many things that I learned about Mozart. Mozart was very prideful. He also spend so much money and never saved. He died poorly and a horrible death.