Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a creative and prominent composer of

the Classical period. Born in Salzburg, in the Holy Roman Empire, Mozart showed extraordinary
ability from a very young age. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from
the age of five and performed before European royalty. He is mostly known for composing
classical music (“Symphony No. 1”, “Symphony No. 3”, “La clemenza di Tito”).
Mozart spent his early childhood in Salzburg, from 1756 to 1762. His father Leopold was
presumably in charge of the entire education. He went in a tour to Vienna in 1762, and played
for Maria Theresa. From 1763 to 1772, he travelled a lot. From 1763 to 66, he travelled to Paris,
London, Netherlands. At the age of 13, he was appointed “concert master” at the Salzburg
court (on an honorary basis). From 1769 to 71, he travelled to Italy. At 17, Mozart was engaged
as a musician at the Salzburg court but he eventually became restless and travelled in search of
a better position. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He
chose to stay in Vienna, where he achieved fame but little money.
Mozart’s symphonies were ubiquitous in his late 18th century public musical life. He wrote
more than 40 symphonies, each of them being 10–30 mins long. The pacing of his symphonies
usually goes from fast to slow to medium to fast. Between 1773 and 1780, he spent his life in
Salzburg. Mozart was eventually hired by the Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo. However,
Colloredo became exceptionally annoyed with Mozart's frequent absences. After a number of
arguments, he ultimately dismissed him ‘with a kick on my arse… by order of our worthy Prince
Archbishop’ (letter from June 9, 1781). Thereafter, he became a freelancer and made a living
from public concerts, commissions and publications (even works written primarily with
publication in mind) and teaching.

Mozart enjoyed billiards, dancing, and kept pets, including a canary, a starling, a dog, and a
horse for recreational riding. He had a startling fondness for scatological humour, which is
preserved in his surviving letters, notably those written to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart
around 1777–1778, and in his correspondence with his sister and parents. Mozart also wrote
scatological music, a series of canons that he sang with his friends. Mozart was raised a Catholic
and remained a devout member of the church throughout his life. He loved elegant clothing.
Based on pictures that researchers were able to find of Mozart, he seemed to wear a white wig
for most of his formal occasions—researchers of the Salzburg Mozarteum declared that only
one of his fourteen portraits they had found showed him without his wig.

Beethoven held Mozart in high regard. He identified him as one of music's 'great men' and
regularly requested copies of his instrumental and vocal works from publishers. Beethoven
once attended an outdoor concert of Mozart’s great C minor Piano Concerto. He turned to his
friend Johann Baptist Cramer and said with a sigh: “Ah, Cramer. We will never be able to do
anything like that.” In a letter to Abbe Maximilian Stadler Beethoven wrote, 'I have always
counted myself amongst the greatest admirers of Mozart and shall remain so until my last
breath'. Haydn's opinion of Mozart is summed up admirably in a letter first published in 1798, in
which Haydn wrote, ''. . . scarcely any man can brook comparison with the great Mozart. . . If I
could only impress on the soul of every friend of music, and on high personages in particular,
how inimitable are Mozart's works, how profound, how musically intelligent, how
extraordinarily sensitive! (for this is how I understand them, how I feel them) - why then the
nations would vie with each other to possess such a jewel within their frontiers.''

Mozart’s famous work, “La Finta giardiniera”, premiered in 1775. In 1777, he went on a trip
to Paris. In 1779, he went back in Salzburg, where he was reappointed. During his final years in
Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies (“Symphony No. 40”, “Symphony
No. 41”), and operas (“Die Zauberflöte”, “La clemenza di Tito”), and portions of the Requiem,
which was largely unfinished at the time of his early death at the age of 35. The circumstances
of his death are mostly uncertain. Despite his early death, his rapid pace of composition
resulted in more than 600 works of virtually every genre of his time. Many of these
compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of
the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. He is considered among
the greatest classical composers of all time, and his influence on Western music is profound.

Otto Wagner

Otto Wagner combined beautiful architecture with practicality. He always thought about how
easy it needed to be cleaned and chose the best material to achieve that. He even designed the
whole interior, so that inside and outside would be consistent. Even the same person is
influenced by time and fashions, by their surroundings and moods. Beauty can never be the
same. Design and its beauty are always received whether or not they fit in the current view of
cultural development. Wagner’s way of architectural design was revolutionary at his time and
was met with scepticism and criticism, but today he is celebrated as one of Vienna’s leading
architectural artists.

Otto Wagner says that “something impractical cannot be beautiful”. His style is Art Nouveau,
which was inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers, and also
it gave a sense of dynamism and movement because of the asymmetry. The Art Nouveau is also
known as “Secession”. His work is a remarkable illustration of accurate symmetry, linearity,
sleekness and precision of art. Some of his most famous buildings are the Majolica House and
the Österreichische Postsparkasse. Majolika Haus wears the name of the weatherproof ceramic
facades, painted in floral patterns. In spite of its plain rectilinear shape, the building is
considered Art Nouveau. Wagner used new modern and rich colors materials, but he kept the
traditional use of the ornaments. On the other hand, the Österreichische Postsparkasse is
characterized by traditional materials merging, like marble, with materials of glass, aluminium
and iron. The glass ceiling between the ground floor and the first floor creates the sensation of
brightness.
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. (Confucius)”. I think this quote says it all.
Beauty can be found in many things. Some people for example say the early morning hours are
beautiful. I find the language of Shakespeare, turn-of-the-century fashion, Art Nouveau and
tranquility absolutely beautiful
 Sigmund Freud – Arthur Schnitzler’s alter ego
Arthur Schnitzler was one of the main figures of Vienna, living and working at the same time
as Sigmund Freud. He was a doctor and a writer.
The question of Sigmund Freud’s influence on Arthur Schnitzler has received extensive
attention, particularly after the publication of their correspondence in 1955. The most
important piece of the whole collection is an uncanny letter dated May 1922, in which Freud
famously called Schnitzler his “Doppelgänger” (an expression used to describe their flawless
intellectual alignment).
The contacts Freud and Schnitzler had ranged from a common medical training, to a shared
interest in hysteria and hypnosis, along with Schnitzler’s intensive reading of Freud’s works.
Sigmund Freud admitted at one moment that he was impressed by the fact that Arthur
Schnitzler learnt through intuition everything that Freud had to discover through laborious
work on other people; therefore he called him his “alter ego”. In Freud’s texts, there are many
references to Schnitzler’s work as literary illustrations for psychoanalytic theories.
Both of these geniuses were trying to get answers on different topics, like dreams or other
features that are related to psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud wrote as psychoanalyst and
Schnitzler as playwright. Two example of texts written by Schitzler are: “ La Ronde” and “Dream
Story”