KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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• Mozart was born 1756 in Austria• 1759 he started playing the harpsicord• 1761 he wrote his first piece of music• He had one sister called Maria• 1769 he toured Italy• In 1782, Mozart married Constanze who was a singer• 1788 he wrote his last symphony• He died in 1791, but nobody knows how he died

Mozart´s timeline

KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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• Mozart is a very famous composer• He could play the piano, violin and harpsichord (an early

keyboard)

Harpsichord Violin Piano

Who was Mozart?

KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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• Mozart never stopped writing music• He wrote music for piano and violin• He wrote for orchestras and singers, 'chamber music' for a

quartet (4 players) as well as church music• He is best known for writing operas• He wrote more than 600 pieces of music

Some examples of his music

• Serenade No. 13 "Eine Kleine Nacht-Musik" It may also be oneof the most well known pieces of classical music ever written

• Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Possibly one of the mostmoving and famous opera overtures of all time

• Rondo Alla Turca -The piece actually consists of threemovements with the rondo coming last, being popularlyreferred to as the "Turkish Rondo"

Mozart – The Composer

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Age 3 Age 5 Age 12

He could play He wrote his own music He wrote his first opera the harpsichord

Mozart – Child Genius

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• Draw pictures and add one interesting fact

Mozart was a child genius.

He could play the piano, violin and harpsichord.

He wrote more than 600 pieces of music.

An interesting fact:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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• All Mozart´s clothes were made by hand• Tailors and seamstresses made items of clothing for customers• Materials for sewing included scissors, needles and a goose (an iron

that could be heated over a fire)• Mozart would have worn embroidered coats, vests and knee length

trousers

Looking fantastic in the 18th Century

KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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How are they different and how are they the same?

KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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• Andrew Lloyd Webber is a very famous composer andmusician

• He can play the piano, violin and french horn

piano violin french horn

Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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• Andrew Lloyd Webber was born 1948 in London• He has one brother called Julian• Composed his first musical in 1965• He has married 3 times and has 5 children, he married his

current wife Madeleine Gurdon in 1991• He was knighted by the Queen in 1992• Unlike Mozart he is still alive

Andrew Lloyd Webber´s timeline

KS1 Topic: Famous for More than Five Minutes Block D: Composers Session 1

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• Andrew Lloyd Webber is a composer of musical theatre• He has won many awards• He is one of the richest men in the UK

Some famous examples:

• He is best known for stage and film adaptations of his musicals:• Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)• Cats (1994)• Evita (1996)• The Phantom of the Opera (2004)• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1968)

Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Composer

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Age 3 Age 6 Age 17

He could play He started writing He was writing the piano and violin music. musicals.

and french horn.

Andrew Lloyd Webber – Child Genius

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• Write a fact and draw a picture in each box

Date of birth………………………………………………………………….

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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• Clothes are varied and inspired by the past and future• Materials cover every type of fabric and colour available• Clothes are made all over the world and are commonly made

by industrial automated machines• Andrew Lloyd Webber has been seen wearing jeans , T-shirts,

shirts and full business suits

Looking fantastic in the 21st Century

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• Mozart had to earn money by teaching music, andgiving concerts

• The behaviour of an 18th Century audience would today beregarded as very bad

• Audiences distracted themselves during the ‘boring’ bits by:talking, playing cards, throwing leaflets and eating

The 18th Century Audience

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• Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed musicals that have beenperformed all over the world

• Audiences vary, but anyone can buy a ticket to see one of hismusicals

• In the theatre there are many rules about how you need to behave, e.g. stay seated and quiet during the performance

21st Century Audiences

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Image of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Image of Andrew Lloyd Webber