Amadeus

1. Describe Mozart’s relationship with Soliari.
2. How did the Emperor display his control over music in his empire?
3. Describe how an artist like Mozart was dependent on his patron.
4. Why did the theme of the Marriage of Figaro disturb the rulers?
5. Before Mozart’s time music was mostly written for small courtly audiences, describe how Mozart wrote popular music for large, middle class audiences (presentation, venue, subject matter are just some of the ideas you might include).
6. One of the main ideas of the Enlightenment was the rights of the educated middle class (bourgeoisie) based on MERIT, how was this shown in the movie?