Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Turkish Finale

"Die Entführung aus dem Serail" ("The abduction from the seraglio") von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Taken from Miloš Forman's "Amadeus".

[@arthureustaquio8835]

35 people think there are too many notes

[@h.p.k.8261]

Arthur Eustaquio But the most powerful people.

[@Kenikex]

LOL that's funny.

[@mumblingtruth4721]

Okay this was epic

[@davidburrows4801]

More notes please 😁

[@NoName-pv7rl]

Нот тут не больше не меньше

[@manuelponce3715]

I replayed this about 100 times

[@stopreadingmyusernamebroth9090]

I know. It’s just a great piece of music to listen to

[@klematiszromanne2728]

Me too 😍😍

[@davidgomez7882]

Those are rookie numbers

[@sstacatolito]

Yeeeesss... Me Too

[@lisbooks]

Same here!

[@UndrALuvSpl86]

I grew up watching this movie and this was always my favorite part!

[@nepntzerZer]

You must of grown up pretty quickly. Is this a common feature of your species ?

[@majerstud]

Now that I've seen the words they are singing, Salieri had the golden opportunity to read the first verse, and then ask Mozart- "The rest is just the same, isn't it?" BOO-YA!

[@paleostories_7839]

Lol

[@danielshumway7046]

00:56 Unforgettable acting. I love how Tom Hulce expressed the joy a composer, such as Mozart, might feel in the musical moment (however unlikely the conducting technique). Bravo!

[@jeanparke9373]

Who knows? Mozart might have done even crazier things!!!

[@d_uygur.t]

Mozart was not just a Genius , Miracle, Supreme and so on at Music, but he was also a very intelligent observer....He observed the Turkish Ottoman Empire very well and made this Magnificent Opera....You will always be in our hearts...

[@matthewwhitehouse301]

I really can't think of another western composer who embraced Turkish culture and style in music as much as Mozart did.

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

Matthew Whitehouse People actually loved everything exotic and oriental back then,much like today.

[@kapitankapital6580]

The Ottoman Empire at the time was an incredibly powerful and influential force in Central Europe, especially in Austria, and so Turkish cultural influences are all over music and broader culture in this period. There is a great deal of cultural exchange going on between the Ottoman Turks and the Austrian Empire.

[@filipselakovic9768]

It's literally the opposite of 'Turkish' 'style' and 'culture'. Thank God and the Polish that Vienna did not fall on 11-12 September 1683.

[@matthewwhitehouse301]

@@filipselakovic9768 you are joking right? Ahahaha

[@mehmetelturco7402]

@@filipselakovic9768 and that ended up by Christian nations ( including austria ) carving up poland

[@MiguelGonzalez-py2ru]

Pasha Selim, forever, forever! ever, ever, ever! Honour to his regal name! Honour to his regal name! May his noble brow emblazon Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Pasha Selim, May he live forever! Honour to his regal name Honour to his regal name! May his noble brow emblazon Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Pasha Selim, May he live forever! Honour to his regal name! Honour to his regal name! Pasha Selim, forever, forever! ever, ever, ever! Honour to his regal name! Honour to his regal name! May his noble brow emblazon Glory, fortune, joy and fame! May his noble brow emblazon Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame!

[@eoghdes18]

How does a man create such incredible music from a melody in unison, a brief root position tonic-dominant progression, and pedal in the melody, with the harmony changing only fractionally? How does he DO it!?

[@Robert-rx6rk]

I suppose he starts by not worrying too much about the technicalities and structure and just jumps right in and does it.

[@johanneschryzostomuswolfga8088]

This is beautiful because it's my.

[@nadacalza]

LOL but, you have reason

[@mustafaaustinpowers5748]

Mine**

[@Valteron8]

In this movie they are singing in English, not in the original German. But did you know that the whole chorus, in German, is just 18 words sung over and over again? It is the genius arrangement of Mozart that makes it so breath-taking.

[@alshukuralhilo5768]

Love mozart from turkey 🇹🇷🎼❤️

[@jrock2720]

Too bad this opera isn't performed more often. It is glorious with some of the most challenging singing in all of music. Very lighthearted and comedic with an unexpected humane ending.

[@zackstark24601]

R.I.P Milo Forman & Peter Shaffer two clever minds behind this remarkable piece

[@trashysnacks]

such fantastic cinematography. and the pure look of glee on his face while he conducts is so wonderful.

[@frankkolton1780]

As much as I loved the movie, what I liked even more is that it helped expose many younger people to the beauty of classical music and opera. Seeing a one of the major orchestras or going to a well staged opera production can be a magical experience.

[@fancomiczilla4275]

That's very true. I watched this movie when I was about 12 years old and have been a lover of classical music since!

[@biakhlua2291]

Really wanted to see the real Mozart conducting this!!

[@lancetop]

The film is great, we all agree, but remember it is FICTION. Salieri was an accomplished musician, respected throughout Europe.

[@StefanPaul5]

This sounds absolutely glorious !

[@simonpema3018]

Well it's Mozart :)

[@MrKajithecat]

Mozart was a rebel and he was glorious. Yeah I'll make an opera about a Turkish harem, who cares? It's beautiful.

[@tullussulla6167]

MrKajithecat God Bless the Man.

[@sciencmath]

Mozart wrote a canon with the lyrics "Lick me in the asshole." It's absolutely gorgeous.

[@siegfriedweber7956]

@@sciencmath That´s right! KV 231 ans KV 233

[@chopinandliszt]

Actually, Beethoven wrote the "Turkish March". The piece by Mozart that's usually known as the turkish march is RONDO ALLA TURCA.

[@corradogiachetta2154]

This opera is written in a Turkish Style... Just like the Rondo from the sonata in A major.

[@Robert-rx6rk]

There is also a little Turkish march in the 4th movement of Symphony No 9. Delightful bit of syncopation.

[@akanecortich8197]

How would you like to be the soprano who sang that, standing on that spot, where 200 years before a soprano stood and sang the same tunes, whilst looking down at Mozart.

[@Anubis81]

Well this is the exact theater in Prague where Don Giovanni was premiered. Which is incredible.

[@martymcfly347]

This isn't Don Giovani. This wasn't performed there.

[@majerstud]

@@Anubis81 Very cool.

[@mehmedyasar]

Listen in Turkey 🇹🇷❣️ We love Mozart very much ♥️

[@MrRaulstrnad]

well, the sultan at the end turned out to be a nice guy

[@franchiseanomaly4104]

Just as he captured the sound of human reconciliation in the final act of Figaro, here our Wolfie perfectly expresses the emotion of the action in the musical language. The Sultan has held some British subjects captive among his harem, including an attractive woman. He has not defiled them, yet, explaining it's better with one who's willing... but the threat is always present... Sultan finally gives his captives their freedom and just as they are about to leave, Sultan learns that his beautiful captive is the daughter of his most dread enemy. Sultan hesitates, then allows them to leave unharmed. The sound we hear is the sound of gratitude for an expression of compassion and reprieve. Enjoy it, for centuries there have been none better...

[@MaestroTJS]

1. They're not all British. Blonde is the only British one. 2. I believe Blonde was defiled by Ozmin. 3. It's Belmonte who is the son of Pasha Selim's worst enemy, not Konstanze. I just saw a performance of this where they partly re-wrote the dialogue because as it is, it doesn't fit with modern sensibilities. Disgraceful.

[@Robert-rx6rk]

@@MaestroTJS Similar treatment of Magic Flute and The Mikado. Feminists edited Sarastro, racists whitewashed Monostatos. And who cannot help but hum the lyrical line and musical tune of G&S: "If you wanna know who we are . . . We are citizens of Japan . . . " Disgraceful is a little strong. Tiresome though.

[@mateuszmatysek6241]

Tom Hulce not playing Mozart He was Mozart!

[@appex5451]

this one and turkish march incredible!!

[@jeaniejeanphotography8067]

I love how he's wearing a pink wig that's slightly spiked, making him look slightly punkish. Mozart's music was so different and unique at the time - like how punk rock was so new and different to us in the 70's. Mozart was the original punk.

[@greato80]

Gina Jackson ...He was the first Rockstar maybe? Lol. Genius no doubt.

[@Atrux1]

Mozart was a bit hard rock

[@waifuw3566]

@@Atrux1 oh no he was soft like a marshmallow

[@cherylhulting1301]

Oh yeah. The wigs and the wild colored clothes were definitely selected for affect. And does everyone see the difference in staging for Mozart's operas versus others in the movie? Mozart's operas have a bright, clean, modern look with pastel colors and bold lines, while Salieri's opera has a darker, more cluttered set and staging?

[@matehavasi1153]

One of the most exciting music I’ve ever heard

[@akanecortich8197]

To be a Great composer you have to have excel in each field of composition. There were other great composers in particular fields, but none who excelled like Mozart in every field of music. And alas, he died at 35, when he showed he was getting even better than Great. Maybe God saw his last two symphonies and decided, Mozart, you are too much for this world, come home.

[@wertor666]

Requiem was a promise of greater greatness.

[@joshuahaines9090]

Pasha Selim, May he live forever, forever, May he live forever! Honour to his regal name! Honour to his regal name! May his noble brow emblazon, Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Pasha Selim, May he live forever! Honour to his regal name! Honour to his regal name! May his noble brow emblazon, Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Pasha Selim, May he live forever, Honour to his regal name! Honour to his regal name! Pasha Selim, May he live forever, forever, May he live forever! Honour to his regal name! Honour to his regal name! May his noble brow emblazon, Glory, fortune, joy and fame! May his noble brow emblazon, Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame! Glory, fortune, joy and fame!

[@emijaskova4780]

He lives in Heaven

[@adolfoclaudiolazary8539]

Ridículo , la ópera alemana en ...inglés jajaja

[@majerstud]

Thanks! Most appreciated!

[@sbarr10]

I like how Mozart is singing along...

[@simon-di7xt]

He's mozart

[@Moribus_Artibus]

It's often forgotten how this opera was a bit avant-garde for folks back then.

[@ConstantineJoseph]

Glory lives forever, not even for the Emperor Joseph but rather the Composer Mozart. Your pieces of art will last for all eternity played and sung by mortals and also by the hosts in heaven. Thank you for your contribution!

[@t5239857289578947594]

Constantine Joseph very well said. I wonder if he knew the impact he would have on generations and generations of people.

[@theeagle571]

I watched this movie when i was in the 3rd grade in music class & just revisited this movie yesterday & i am even more impressed with this story of mozart

[@scordero12]

The way he smiles at the end :D

[@stevenmalham2234]

The 1984 Oscar could easily have gone to Tom Hulce. If ever there were a year in need of a tie, this would have been it..

[@oskarurbas4970]

Him and F. Murray Abrahama both made this movie and both deserved an Oscar. Too bad Tom Hulce wasn't nominated as the best supportive actor, then he would have definitely won it.

[@bt_the_yank6234]

I wonder what his compositions would be like if he survived into the 1800's with Beethoven arriving on the scene. That would've been something to behold.

[@rominn2184]

^ I take it you realize Beethoven was already alive at the time of Mozart’s last days? He was very young indeed, but apparently the two did meet and Mozart I believe taught the very young Beethoven some composition lessons. Also, if I’m not mistaken, Beethoven was in attendance at the premiere of Mozart’s opera, Die Zauberflöte.

[@castheeuwes1085]

I guess he would have moved more towards Weber, as he would see new commercial opportunities in combining Don Giovanni style in-your-face psychology with Romanticism. I can't believe he would care much for Beethoven's revolutionary expressions, and would find Schubert too much cry me a river.

[@golperuano]

Even though I've seen hundreds of movies and many many good ones among those, Amadeus has to go somewhere in the top 10. It's such a well told story and so entertaining. The acting was brilliant. The music, like this piece, made the movie that much more enjoyable. This is a classic movie.

[@adonepelagree]

Thank you oh so much!

[@simon-di7xt]

I just realize how music nowadays are just effortless to make compared back then

[@kapitankapital6580]

Eh, I don't think that's at all fair, especially when looking at the compositions of Mozart. Music in this period is very formulaic and quite often composers would just repeat large sections of other works in new ones. Since composers needed to produce large amounts of music for courts and opera houses for little money, and since the role of music in this period was mostly as a background (unlike how this movie depicts them, opera audiences in Mozart's time paid minimal attention to the actual music and instead treated the opera as a social occasion to meet friends and show off their status) most of this music is designed to be put out quickly. A cursory study of Mozart will reveal that his music is really quite simple and formulaic, and don't get me wrong it was absolutely genius, but we're not talking about late Romantic symphonies that are being written here. Mozart is an absolute master of the catchy melody and the simple yet profound harmonic language, which was ideally suited to the mass produced music that he had to write because of the period he was living in.

[@negotiator96]

I always laugh and rewind the part where he swings his arms towards the end and just celebrates his awesomeness while Salieri just looks into the camera with such disdain and disappointment and defeatism!!!! Bahhhaaaahaa

[@negotiator96]

Person Peteraon ok lol.... maybe it’s not funny for Salieri! Ha! To each his own....

[@majerstud]

I agree- such JOY on display there!

[@oilersridersbluejays]

I would totally conduct my own music like this is if I was a composer.

[@brentmeistergeneral2813]

Me too 🤣

[@rysands]

One of the best movies I have ever seen beautiful music and fantastic acting!!

[@radekkohoutek]

My aunt sat in the theater like an extras. It is Estates Theatre in Prague.

[@grzybkizcipki5287]

The primadonna's voice is GODLY in this scene.

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

Mozart is just gloriously happy in this scene. Pumping his fists up and down.

[@MrRaulstrnad]

he should not be it has too many notes, he should take some out

[@Rickasaurus]

The reason I watched this movie, and why I adore it now. Was scrolling through the channels when I ran into this scene

[@TheMashedTomatoes]

I love his hands lol 0:58

[@hopesonmakokha5217]

😂😂😂😂

[@Anonymous-re9fd]

0:56 i swear i will do that move when i will be a conductor

[@nigarhasanli9129]

That's the part I especially enjoy everytime I see it. I do love that move!!!

[@greenstoriesny]

Our great Maestro, James Levine, conducted this last Fri night...it was his first appearance since announcing his retirement as music director...there was so much love in the house...Maestro, please don't leave us...

[@reachingsumwhere]

this scene was incredible - what a great movie this was! it deserved those oscars!

[@23danb]

Mozart is Awesome!! Beethowen is monumental!! Bach is divine!! But please, don't make me choose one, leave them all there. Let them all be, they are both great and needed!!

[@greato80]

Like the song though dont understand a word. Love when he swings his fists and how he acts when that low note hits near end of song. Little things like that always stuck with me.

[@theautistic.teacher]

Same

[@yl6004]

This version is actually in english?? Haha

[@mumblingtruth4721]

@@yl6004 Hahaha I thought it wasn't as well!! Didn't understand a thing!

[@IAmJasonii]

Love listening to this when I win big on a good trade option 📈💸

[@MorrisB3]

Mozart 💙 Amadeus movie. 1 of the top scenes from one of the first movies I remember seeing.

[@jasmineirizarry3620]

I love Mozart so much 🥰

[@Alice-ov3rd]

One of my favorite pieces in this movie which made me buy the songs to this movie!

[@huldrrrr9486]

The class went ham when this scene came up when we watched this in music class

[@stefanstamenic3640]

Excellent interpretation. Mozart Turkish sounds - Variations Gluch, Cannabich, Jiří Družecký. The Cannabich, in particular, uses Eastern modal harmonies, and his exploitation of the possibilities of winds and a variety of "exotic" percussion instruments is evidence of the influence of the Turkish culture, e.g , ballet "Les fetes du Seraïlles". Mozart's daily painstaking work on the works of his predecessors and contemporaries, for example, Mozart Variations K 455 - 10 Variations in G Major on a Theme by Christoph Willibald Gluck "La rencontre imprévue", ou "Les pèlerins de la Mecque", "Unser Dummer Pobel" opéra comique 1763. at the end we hear sounds like an amalgam of a Bach prelude and a Domenico Scarlatti sonata. Gluch "Unser Dummer Pobel" his most popular work in the genre in the 18th century. It was performed in French in Brussels, Bordeaux, Amsterdam, Hague, Mannheim (1768), Frankfurt (1771),Copenhagen (1772), Liège (1776), Cassel (1780), Lille, and Marseille, Munich, Berlin. Vienna (1776 at the Kärntnertor Theater; 26 July 1780 at the Burgtheater). and the 1780 Vienna revival of Gluck's version presumably inspired of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

[@alexissliwak9716]

Who do you think you are?💀

[@kremesauce]

Ditto

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart8177]

*I am the maestro man*

[@BeckBeckGo]

lol fresh beats, brh

[@DSTRYR-cb2zt]

Hell yes

[@Dragonrose36]

Rock me, Amadeus.

[@peterstudios7147]

Very Catchy... Nice :D

[@Voyager205]

but there are too many notes tho

[@veraevans6387]

If they ever make a movie this good about Rossini...

[@siegfriedweber7956]

Rossini admired Mozart. For him Mozart was the greatest composer ever lived on earth. And you will have the same opinion when you hear his music. That´s a fantastic friendship of two persons who never had met together. But their music will always connect them! It´s like a wonder on earth!

[@Robert-rx6rk]

@@siegfriedweber7956 Yes, and Rossini worked out the financial problems. He insisted they pay up front (and continue paying afterwards), and they did. He retired a rich man.

[@siegfriedweber7956]

@@Robert-rx6rk I agree. Thank you!

[@notrowleyjefferson1951]

I swear. One day I will write a great concerto, a symphony, or even an opera....JUST so I can conduct the finale with my fucking fists

[@MrKajithecat]

Mozart would of loved this film

[@Sviolinist]

indeed, O Mozart, I have watched this clip about 10 times in a row and I have cried. Glory, Fortune, Joy, and Pain. The music is beyond words. How to describe? It cannot be described.

[@seungkipark6747]

listen 100 time more....

[@sonjamuller2846]

Fantastisch, phänomenal!

[@TR4R]

Gut gesagt!

[@wftjet]

Those are great seconds. The audio commentary by Milos Foreman on the directors cut edition says that when he was directing the scene he saw Tom Hulce conducting his arms like and thought it was funny looking but then he saw it on film and realized Hulce had captured Mozart perfectly. "It is so right."

[@cherylhulting1301]

I know you posted this comment several years ago but just to respond - yes! The moment where Hulce's Mozart starts conducting with his fists is brilliant. 😅😊 Mozart is caught up in the moment, enjoying the fruits of his own precocious talent displayed in front of everyone (especially the Emperor) and his arm movements actually match the boom of the tympanis. I'm glad Forman recognized what a great improvisation it was and kept it in the film. It's hilarious and memorable, and makes me laugh every time.

[@Schrodinger_]

The triangle was hard at work there.

[@Kenikex]

I thought I was the only one who notices. lol

[@idadudenmanner]

Yet I personally need more cowbell

[@YoknapatawphaKid]

I can't get over how perfect the music is here. The melodies are flawless!

[@batbilguunnaranbat7202]

1:00 OhHhhHHH some one's jealous

[@klematiszszimonettarose1797]

he is so cute :)

[@vaishnavi118]

Wonderful😍😍 Can't believe its eternity

[@andreagareddu2641]

Triangle player im this piece: It's SHOWTIME

[@Electricviolet]

awesome, loved it

[@stopreadingmyusernamebroth9090]

Great piece of music!

[@DiloConHelio]

Just discovered this version changes the Bassa Selim praise to "hooray". I'm starting to love surfing for historical music.

[@neveniusvondubowatz7705]

Grazie, Signore. :D

[@bratwurstred]

Btw, my earlier comment, "I concur", means I agree. This is great music and I appreciate it completely.

[@gunelismayilli9552]

Türkler nerdesiniz ? Bağımlılık yaptı opera yaaa

[@umutfatihkaya3240]

Mozart'ın Türklere değer verdiğinin somut kanıtıdır ve çok meşhurdur

[@NUMARALIODA]

sadece operaysa hyr mozart for turkıch people so ımportant ;)

[@ernestalba]

bold, dashing, simply awesome

[@lilMissF0F0]

This makes me smile!

[@Beeepip]

Hearing such wonderful music as this must have made quite envious, I assume.

[@sorinichim4737]

Best performance ever in history!

[@greato80]

Well...there it is!

[@singinginachurch]

MOZART=PURE JOY!

[@daveiskilla1584]

This is my morning alarm XD

[@martinwalthert1709]

W.A Mozart.....ein Genie allererster Güte!Beethoven sagte selbst Mozart,nur sein Name reicht zu denn🌟....sagt schon alles 1756-1791...was wäre wenn....,I Love Mozart 🕯🎹

[@jhonjericlauz5065]

its verry wonderful

[@chrismickel7431]

Just FABULOUS!!!!!!

[@insidher]

ehhh..too many notes

[@Hugo-xh4zl]

@@insidher ahaha you are crazy and idiot

[@lolip0p805]

01:00 Salieri looks like Squidward

[@bilicana]

Brilliant. Sound much modern than latin music and reggeton! "Wolfie" unbelievable genius!!! Mozart was punk man on 18 century!!! 😯

[@timetot]

Amazing. One of my favorite operas!

[@sizzlene6]

0:56 i like the way he conducts with his fists LOL!

[@gumballsrelative9197]

1:00 That should be a meme with the phrase: “Well; there it is”

[@adrianapartida5888]

Pfff you have to many words

[@xyzxanth7606]

When i was 13 this is where I learned to laugh

[@sebastjansslavitis3898]

what about?

[@kittenic44]

me too- peace i feel happy that the Ottomans inspired this piece of music

[@divinedgar]

true, but it is a fantasia based on some fact. it inspired me to read the many biographies on him and to become a better musician. one can also learn quite a bit from the many letters he wrote to his father and friends. despite the inaccuracies in the film, it does honour to his music and is still one of my favourites.

[@wenqicui7920]

Mozart is my best freinds!!!

[@richardque4952]

The other genius was vivaldi.wrote 10 concerti in 3 days!