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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 - 1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the world's greatest composers. Along
with Haydn and Beethoven he was one of the leading composers of the classical
period and began composing music at the age of five. His works included all
realms of music e.g. chamber music, symphonies, operas as well as church
music. His best known sacred work is the Requiem which he began in the last
year of his life and left unfinished. Mozart is said to have thought a great
deal about his own death while working on this piece. Other works he is
remembered for is the opera "The Magic Flute” and his orchestral work
entitled "Die Kleine Nachtmusik”. Like many other great composers, Mozart
died a poor man.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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The Phantom of the Opera
The legend of the Phantom of the Opera,
written by Gaston Leroux (1868-1927), portrays the mysterious ghost who roams
in the catacombs and in the maze of cellar vaults of the Paris Opera House.
Under the influence of the Belle Opoque of Paris during the change of the
century, Gaston Leroux who once held jobs as a lawyer, court reporter and
theater critic, was soon to become the future writer of the famous novelette
"le Fantome de l'Opera” which was publicized in 1911. Leroux was convinced
that this ghost of the opera really existed in flesh and blood and was not
the superstitious fantasy of the opera house employees. The first film debut
was in 1925. Since then, the mystery of the Phantom of the Opera has drawn
filmmakers to produce it over and over again. Last, but not least, the Phantom
of the Opera gained world recognition through Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical,
that premiered in London in 1986.
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Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) can be
credited for modern English drama and is one of the most successful dramatists
of the 20th century. With his intellectual humor, he turns against the
traditional social forms and puts his metaphysics and life force against
it. In 1925, he received the Nobel prize. One of the most famous works in
world literature is the comedy "Pygmalion” written in 1912 and premiering
in Vienna in 1913. "Pygmalion” has been produced as a movie several
times and celebrated as Loewes musical "My Fair Lady” (premiered in
New York in 1956) is one of the greatest successes in the history of theater.
Shaw tells in his ironic and social critical way, the story of the clever
and vulgar speaking flower girl Eliza Doolittle who changes with the help
of the rude Professor Higgins to a "Lady of Society”. What started as
a bet, which was to be just and experiment of his phonetic tests, developed
momentum and put Higgins into the role of Ovid's Greek sculptor Pygmalion
who falls helplessly in love with his created sculpture. Even Goethe adopted
the subject "Pygmalion” in one of his romances.
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Professor Higgins
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