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A WONDERFUL JOURNEY

FROM MUSIC TO ETYMOLOGY

A little girl was trying to discover and make sense of the age of 17 until his death at the age of 35. She has
the world in her life journey with music. From her early always considered Mozart as her classical music idol, who
years, she was accustomed to the sound of Mozart’s he started his music career at preschool age, written his first
masterpieces. Later on, she memorized his music, while opera, written his first opera Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38 at
she read about the great composer and traveled to the 18th the age of 11. While he was 17, he was already known as
century from Minuet in G Major to B Flat Major through a a professional musician having positions in various cities
wonderful journey by learning more about classical music he has worked. He settled in Vienna when he was 25 and
with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. started to produce his greatest work until his early demise.

As she was developing her communication skills and getting At the age of 6, he performed his first concerto at the age of
more proficient in using the language, she has discovered an 11. After his first opera, he traveled all over Europe. At the
interesting relationship. There was a wonderful connection age of 17, he performed a musical about the life of Wolfgang
between language and music. She realized it while watching Amadeus Mozart, a famous idol.
the musicals.
Mozart, L’opéra Rock is a musical in French language
During her learning journey with music, she first identified based on a book by Patrice Guirao and Attia and François
the connection while watching the stage musical Annie. The Chouquet. Lyrics were written by Vincent Baguian and
musical is based on a novel Annie: An Old-Fashioned Story François Castello and music was composed by Dove Attia,
written by Thomas Meehan with the inspiration of Harold Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau,
Gray’s 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie. The book has Nicolas Luciani, Rodrigue Janois and François Castello.
been adapted into a musical by Charles Strouse and Martin
Charnin. It has produced numerous productions in many She has watched the musical with French subtitles as part
countries, as well as national tours, and won seven Tony of language learning efforts and it was the second time
Awards, including Best Musical. she has realized the connection between language and the
music, after getting the idea while watching Annie in English.
At the time of watching Annie, she was in the process of
improving her English language proficiency. Thus, words Watching Mozart L’opéra Rock confirmed her opinion that
and turning them to sentences corresponded to reaching language and music have many similarities. Language
melodies via individual notes. and music are both governed by a structural approach. A
grammar that defines the rules of how the elements are
Having great interest in learning other languages her next hierarchically organized and used. In the language words
target after English was French and similarities of words are turned into expressions which lead to sentences and
between two languages would provide a significant sentences make paragraphs that constitute the texts and
contribution to her learning process. speeches. Similarly, in music, notes create sounds, when
multiple notes are played simultaneously, they create a
After learning fundamental aspects of the French language, new sound reaching harmony. Series of notes played in a
she also searched for musicals that could help her master succession with harmony results in a melody expressing
the language better and provide her with entertaining the message of the composition. The rhythm provides the
opportunities via listening to music as well. During her search pattern for sound to reflect the emotions via sounds.
she found about a French musical about her childhood Therefore, in order to understand language or music, readers
acquaintance, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. or listeners must deduce the structure of the passages or
melodies they read or hear using the knowledge of the rules
The musical is named as Mozart, L’opéra Rock and it they have acquired via their previous experience.
focuses on the life of the great composer beginning from

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