Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Professor Robert Greenberg, Ph.D. ** 8 Lectures, 45 Minutes ** ** November 29, 2017 -Introduction ** December 6, 2017 -Leopold and the Grand Tour ** December 13, 2017 -Mozart the Composer —The Early Music ** December 20, 2017 -Paris ** December 27, 2017 -The Flight from Salzburg and Arrival in Vienna ** January 3, 2018 -Life in Vienna ** January 10, 2018 -Opera in Vienna ** January 17, 2018 -The Last Years ***** He composed his first symphony at the age of 8. His middle name means "loved of God." And Austrian Emperor Joseph II accused his music of having "too many notes." This course is a biographical and musical study of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), who composed more than 600 works of beauty and brilliance in just over 20 years.