Personal Interests - Music

Personal Interests - Music

Mozart

This is a picture of Mozart who was born on January 27th.

Dr. Moore in 1955.

This is a snapshot of Dr. Moore and his wife Nancy who is often seen with him around Little Hall. Her father, Dr. Edwin H. Hadlock, was a Professor of Mathematics here at the University of Florida from 1948 until 1972 when he had to retire at the age of 70. Back then the state had a mandatory retirement age for its employees. This picture was taken in 2000.

Dr. Moore at home.

This is a picture of Dr. Moore standing in front of an azalea bush in his front yard two years ago in the spring of 2009.

Dr. Moore as a sophomore at Arkansas A and M in Magnolia, Arkansas.

This is a picture of Dr. Moore when he was a sophomore at Arkansas A. and M College in Magnolia, Arkansas. The school year was 1946-47.

Dr. Moore with his two sons in 1981.

This is a picture of Dr. Moore with his two sons taken in 1981. David Theral, then 15 is on the left, and Steven Edwin, 17 at the time appears on the right.



If I could only hear the music of one composer for the rest of my life, I would choose the music of Mozart and after that I would choose the music of Brahms.

Actually, I would choose the symphonies of Brahms and Mozart's concertos, serenades, divertementos, sonatas, quintets, masses, and operas.

Since Mozart's music is the most delightful music the world has known, I try to listen to some Mozart music each day. I'm sure that anyone who would listen to this music 45 minutes each day would have an abundance of brightness in his or her life, no matter what problems may arise. I am convinced that the huge collection of compositions given to this world by Mozart is the greatest collection of artistic works left by any one person.

Currently I am listening to Mozart piano sonatas when I am in the car. These are playing on the car's CD player.



More on Amadeus Mozart from Wikipedia as viewed online on February 25, 2011:

"Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of Mozart's death. The circumstances of his early death have been much mythologized. He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons."

On April 7th and 9th, 2011, we went to The Magic Flute at Phillips Performing Arts Center. It is a Mozart Opera and was presented by the University School of Music. On Thursday night we had first row tickets and on Saturday night, we had half priced tickets in the balcony. If you purchase your tickets at 5:00pm or after on the day of the event, balcony seats are half price.



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