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Amadeus - The Movie

No less than 500 words, make comments on the music, talk about types of places the music is played, no opinions on the movie

Movie Summary
 * set in the early 1800s
 * Movie includes Antonio Sallieri
 * Movie includes Mozart
 * Oprah music was very popular in 1800s
 * Orchestral, classical and opera music is featured in this movie
 * The music was played in theatres

Mozart
 * Mozart music playing throughout the movie
 * He was a fabulous musician, he wrote his first opera song at 12
 * Mozart's father took him around to play his music to the king, queen and all royals.
 * Was a servant in a palace that wrote great music
 * His wife offered herself to Sallieri but he ran away
 * His father died
 * Started drinking a lot after the death of his father
 * His wife became very worried
 * Mozart passed out after one of the performances.
 * Was dumped in an unmarked grave where all the other ‘poor’ people were buried. Some people couldn't afford a funeral so they were dumped and no one knows where they were buried.

Antonio Sallieri
 * He is taken to a mental hospital to be treated
 * Antonio is a piano player (writes music that was very well known in the 17-1800’s)
 * He wrote oprah music
 * He tried to kill himself because he thinks he killed Mozart
 * He lived half of his life living with guilt
 * His father died
 * He became a court composer of emperor joseph
 * He taught young children music for free
 * He hated Mozart but he really loved his music
 * Sallieri took Mozart home after he passed out
 * He helps Mozart finis his music
 * Thought God killed Mozart and he kept himself alive so he could feel guilty and become blamed for his death.

Other
 * ‘Russell’ runs gte porea companies
 * ‘Jarrod’ runs the church companies
 * Lobreto is the story/script
 * Mozarts housekeeper went to Sallieri to show Mozarts music
 * They put music from different operas together and performed it in the theatres.
 * It was popular music at that time and the crowd always sang along
 * The music was very different back then than it is today
 * The music was also more formal than it is today