K. 219 Teaser

So, as you may have read, as of right now, Mozart's 5th Violin Concerto is my favorite piece. The third Movement is the theme of my book.  And, it is not possible for me to write everything I have to say about it in just one blurb.  So here is an introduction.

Even if my tastes change, K. 219's third movement will always be the work that peeked my interests in Mozart.  Sure, I've heard, and enjoyed, those famous pieces: Eine Kliene Nactmusick, Marriage of Figaro Overture, Piano Sonata in A, and Piano Sonata in C.  But, there was something about the final movement, that made me say, "I need to check out this Mozart fellow."  This was even apart from the fact, that K. 219 does have a strong melody that gets stuck in one's head, like the more famous works. 

How did I hear it in the first place?  Well, I work overnights at my job, and there is a lot of down time.  I decided I wanted to make that time productive, mostly by writing or reading.  And, I wanted some wordless background music.  (I've never really gotten into popular music.)  For my first son's birth, the hospital gave us a 'Baby Mozart' cd.  So, I popped it in.  It had a lot of the famous works, including the last movement from the 5th Concerto.  The other songs were nice, many of which I said, "Cool, Mozart wrote one?" Yet, the 5th, which I had never heard before, moved me (will explain more in future blog).  From there, I started to read about the man and bought a greatest hits CD.  

One thing I know: if someone wants to like something strong enough, he or she most likely will.  The same could be said for the opposite.  So, I wonder how much my feelings toward the rest of the work stem from my love of the third movement.  But, after hearing the first and the second, I am gripped with nearly the same power as the third.  No other full Mozart work that I have yet heard has held such similar power over me .  (Of course, I do have a long way to go.)  Does my joy of K. 219 stem only from a strong desire to enjoy it?  Is there something about that work that speaks to me as an individual?  Or, is there something so great about that work as a whole?  (It may be arrogant for me to admit that, because that tantamount to saying, there is something is so great about me to have recognized it.)

Obviously, subjectivity factors the enjoyment of everything. And unfortunately, some will never like Mozart, because they don't want to.  Yet, why do certain arts endure while others fade?  Is it all a matter of subjectivity?  Do people like Mozart, solely because the high-brow crowds have determined he is someone we should like?  Or, is their something inherently powerful about his music?  I am going to have to say the latter.  Because, if there was ever anyone with a distain for the high-brow, it is this tone-deaf troglodyte.