Little Amadeus
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Wolfgang Amadeus-Little Amadeus (a.k.a. Wunderkind Little Amadeus in USA) is an animated television series which is intended to promote the interest in music and musical instrument playing in young viewers. The series consists of 26 episodes, each of which tell a fictional story of a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
(depicted as an energetic, enthusiastic boy) and his adventures which revolve around his family, friends, and performances. The stories usually involve the intrigues of his rival, Devilius (a reference to Mozart's real-life rival, Antonio Salieri), who along with a talking rat, Monti, attempt to discredit or upstage the Mozarts in the eyes of various nobles.
At the end of most episodes, Monti the Rat, in a segment called "Monti's Music Time," gives the audience a brief lesson related to that episode, such as how a piano makes sound or a brief history of Austria.
Episode titles
No. | Title | Monti's Music Time |
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1 | Solo for Amadeus | Top C C (musical note) C or Do is the first note of the fixed-Do solfège scale. Its enharmonic is B.-Middle C:Middle C is designated C4 in scientific pitch notation because of the note's position as the fourth C key on a standard 88-key piano keyboard... |
2 | The Stolen Watch | |
3 | Amadeus Varieties | Woodwind instrument Woodwind instrument A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument which produces sound when the player blows air against a sharp edge or through a reed, causing the air within its resonator to vibrate... s |
4 | Kidnappers | Sightseeing in Salzburg Salzburg -Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
5 | Horse Junk | Build a flute Flute The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... by yourself |
6 | Mixed up Violins | String instrument String instrument A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones... s |
7 | Help Me! | Make your own Salzburg movie |
8 | Monti's World | How to compose music |
9 | Mysterious Drink | There are lots of violin Violin The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... s |
10 | The Wrong Boat | Traveling in former days |
11 | The Dancing Harbor | That's Austria! |
12 | Street Musicians | |
13 | Never Kiss an Empress | Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , cultural capital of the 18th century's Europe |
14 | The Bear is Loose | Different music styles |
15 | The Broken Key | Inside a piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... |
16 | Slippery When Wet | Welcome to the imperial court |
17 | Small Pox | Adagio, Andante, Allegro Tempo In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:... |
18 | The Secret of Ybbs | The difference between piano and organ Organ (music) The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with... |
19 | The Green Drops | Discover an orchestra Orchestra An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus... |
20 | Shooting Stars | Amadeus' "Salzburg Symphonies" |
21 | The Choir of the Silent Sisters | Make your own theme song movie |
22 | Breakfast Music | Singing together |
23 | Music in Salzburg | Amadeus never went to school |
24 | The Muted Trumpet | Brass instrument Brass instrument A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips... s |
25 | The Glockenspiel | Make up an orchestra |
26 | Into the World | Chamber music Chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part... and orchestras |
27 | Little Amadeus Muspicks |