Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer who lived in the 18th century. Many of his compositions are still known today.
Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria to his parents, Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart. Mozart was born at 8 o'clock at night.
A day after Mozart was born, he was baptized at St. Ruperts Cathedral. The Mozart family was very religious, and they were Roman Catholic.
Mozart was one of seven children, but only him and his sister Anna Maria, commonly known as Nannerl, survived through infancy. The 5 other children died between 1749 and 1754.
During Mozart's lifetime, he lived through only one war. While Mozart was alive, the French and Indian war (1756-1763) was being fought in America. The war did not personally affect Mozart.
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He educated them in math, reading, writing, classic literature, science, and above all, music. Leopold started teaching Nannerl keyboard when she was seven, and Wolfgang was only a toddler. He learned piano by imitating Nannerl.
Although Leopold was known for his children, Mozart's father was actually very musical himself. He was the fourth chair violinist in the musical establishment of Count Leopold Anton von Firmian, the ruling Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. He also taught and composed violin and piano. Leopold was born November 14, 1719, and died May 28, 1787, at the age of 68.
At the age of five, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed for the first time in public. He was allowed to take part in a musical comedy for Saint's Day of Prince-archbishop of Salzburg.
Wolfgang and Nannerl's first tour was to Munich, Germany. During their trip, the prodigies performed for Maximilian III Joseph, Prince Elector of Bavaria. The first tour lasted three weeks.
Also in 1762, the Mozart family took a trip to Vienna where Nannerl and Wolfgang performed for Empress Maria Theresa at the Imperial
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This piece was called, Symphony No. 1, and was written in E major.
After the Mozart family got home from their long tour, they left again after only nine months. They went to Vienna, where they stayed for 15 months. While there, Mozart wrote a one-act singspiel, which is an opera in German. This singspiel was called Bastien und Bastienne, and it was given privately.
Mozart's first opera buffa debuted when he was only 12. La Finta Semplice's first performance was at the Archbishop's Palace in Salzburg, Austria.
Mozart took three tours to Italy in his lifetime. He visited all the major cities, including Milan, Bologna, Rome, Naples, and Venice. During his tour, he received multiple awards, including an honor from the Pope.
Mitridate, re di Ponto was Mozart's first opera seria. This opera was performed in three acts, and a great success in Milan. Mitridate, re di Ponto was performed 21 times, and Mozart was only 14 at the time.
The Elector of Bavaria asked Mozart and librettist Giambattista Varesco to create an opera for a court carnival in 1781. The pair agreed, and they co-wrote
Born Wofgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756, he was considered a genius when he was just a child. He taught himself how to play the violin, clarinet, and trumpet. At age nine, he composed a full symphony, and at fourteen he wrote his first opera. During his life, he accomplished and composed fifty symphonies, twenty-five piano concertos, twelve violin concertos, twenty-seven concertos arias, twenty-six string quartets, one hundred and three minuets, fifteen masses, and twenty-one works of opera. Mozart was so talented that after only hearing a piece of music once, he would be able to play it perfectly even without the music. He was able to write music before words. He was excellent in math and could speak a few languages. It would take you 1500 years to listen to all of his music if you listened to it every day for 8
Mozart was an extremely childish, immature person; yet one of the most talented musicians of all time.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart lived from January 27, 1756 to December 5, 1791. Mozart was a very influential and prolific composer of more than 600 works, including symphonies, concertante, chamber, piano, opera, and choral music. Regarded as a child prodigy, Mozart composed and performed in the European courts from the age of five, and was engaged at the Salzburg court at 17. Mozart’s musical style can be classified as Classical, although he learned from many of his contemporaries throughout his musical career. In order to better understand Mozart’s genius it is best to begin looking at his earliest contributions to the musical world as a child. From there, an exploration of his
Mozart was a prolific and most influential composer of the classical era. As a mere toddler he began to observe his sister’s lessons with their father, developing a keen ear, and showing signs of surprising comprehension. His father, Leopold, was himself a successful composer, violinist and assistant concert master of the Salzburg Court. Both Mozart and his sister were tutored by their father, a dedicated and task-oriented pedagogue. Young Mozart progressed anon, excelling even above his father’s pedagogic genius. At the verdant age of six, he performed as a child prodigy at royal courts in London, Paris, and Zurich. Mozart’s youth was spent fully engaged in touring and performance. These tours were financed through donors and patrons. Through the years, and while abroad, Mozart met many accomplished musicians such as Johann
Archbishop von Schrattenbach, who was a great supporter of Mozart, died in 1771 and was succeeded by Hieronymus von Colloredo. Although Archbishop Colloredo was a less generous employer, Mozart continued in his Salzburg post and worked diligently from 1775 to 1777. However, in an effort to secure a better position, Mozart obtained leave from Salzburg, and set out with his mother in 1777. They traveled through Munich, Augsburg, and Mannheim, but Mozart was not offered a post. The next year they continued on to Paris, where Mozart composed the Paris Symphony. In Paris, Mozart's mother fell ill and soon after the symphony's premiere, she died.
Wolfgang was busy during his childhood, playing, and practicing his music; he did not get much of a chance to really experience being a child. His father was constantly pushing him to be better, to play hard, and to make more money. Mozart and his father were evidently close, there are many different views to how Leopold fathered his children; some say he was a money hungry truant, others say he was sweet, sensitive, wanted the best for his children, and that the money didn’t matter. I believe that Leopold want the best for his children, and maybe a little money out of it. Eventually, Mozart wanted to leave his native home of Salzburg, he was most likely tired of his father constantly trying to control his life. Having knowledge of the lack of jobs in Vienna, and disregarding his fathers pleads, Mozart left his home anyways, heading for Vienna with no steady job.
Mozart was known for having an ear that would make any musician envious. From a young age he was able to listen to any piece of music and his mind would interpret all of that data with ease. While in Rome, he listened to a performance of Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere only twice at the Sistine Chapel and was able to write it down for memory when he got home (Abert 135).
Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 and died in 1791. Shortly after his birth in Salzburg, Austria, he was baptized as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart however, he just went by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. As aforementioned, his baptism refers to the religious rite of a person that belongs to a Christian Church. His mother, Anna Maria Mozart and his father, Leopold Mozart had seven children together however, only two of them survived; Maria Anna and Wolfgang Amadeus. His elder sister, Maria Anna, was nicknamed Nannerl. She was just as talented as her brother however, decause of
He stayed at this position until 1777 when he resigned and left to try and secure better employment elsewhere. (Gay) He first went to Mannheim where he made the acquaintance of the Weber family and promptly fell in love with one of the daughters, Aloysia. (Solomon) His father was concerned that should Mozart marry, he would lose his influence and hold on Mozart and his finances. (Solomon) He ordered Mozart to Paris to earn money for the family. He travelled to Paris accompanied by his mother and tried to woo his way into employment at one of the courts there. (Gay) Unfortunately the stress of travelling was hard on his mother who was not in the best of health and on July 3, 1778 she died in Paris. (Gay) Not only did Mozart blame himself for her death but letters between the two would indicate that his father partially blamed him as well. (Gay) In January of 1779 Mozart returned to Salzburg and again took up employment with the Archbishop, this time as concertmaster and court organist. Mozart hated this employment. He wanted to be out of Salzburg feeling that the city was too small and uncivilized to suit his “worldly” tastes and talents. (Solomon) He took extended absences from his employer which angered the Archbishop. (Gay) He was eventually fired, in a spectacular way, receiving a literal kick out of the door (and in the rump) by the Archbishop’s steward Count Arco in 1781.Now freed from the constraints placed upon him by the Archbishop’s employment Mozart moved to Vienna.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is said to be the greatest genius in western music history. Wolfgang Amadeus was born in Salzburg, Austria January 27, 1756 his parents were Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Pertl. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s father was a successful composer, violinist, and assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. The
The period form 1774 to mid 1777 was spent in Salzburg where he worked as a Konzertmeister at the Prince Archbishop’s court. He wrote many of his works during this time. Seeing limited opportunity in Salzburg, he left with his mother to Munich and Mannheim. No post was offered here either. His father then sent him to Paris with minor success only with his Paris Symphony no.31, deftly designed for the local taste. So, Wolfgang returned home alone. His mother had died in Paris. The years 1779-80 were spent in Salzburg playing in a cathedral and at court. He finally landed his big break when he wrote the Opera Idomeneo as a commission for Munich ( “Mozart” Grove ) Though there was conflict between him, his employer, and the Archbishop. So in May 1781 he resigned or was kicked out of his job. Wolfgang continued made a living as part time teacher, composer, and performer for various events. He married Constanze Weber in 1782. Also in 1782 and the following few years, Wolfgang wrote six string quartets all dedicated to the master of the form, Hayden. Hayden once told Mozart’s father that “Mozart was the greatest composer known to me in person or by name; he has taste and, what is more, the greatest knowledge of composition” ( “Mozart” Grove ). He wrote 15 piano concertos before the
In January 27, 1756, in a town in Austria called Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold Mozart and Maria Pertl Mozart. Mozart was the younger of two children. His sister, Maria Anna Mozart (who was dubbed “Nannerl” by her brother) was only five years older than Mozart and was probably one of the greatest child prodigies in all of Europe, until her brother came along. Mozart’s sister traveled all around Europe to places like London, Paris, and Switzerland to perform compositions on the harpsichord, which is an instrument similar to the piano. When Mozart’s father taught Nannerl to play the harpsichord, Mozart eagerly looked on, and by the age of three, Mozart had mastered the harpsichord and had won his father’s interest. Mozart also went on to play many instruments like the piano, organ, violin, and viola.
In Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. Wolfgang was the only son of Leopold and Maria Pertl Mozart to survive. Wolfgang began learning about music when he was three years old, watching his sister Nannerl play the keyboard. He was a musical prodigy, composing his first piece at 5, and beginning “tours” with his father at 6 years old. When Wolfgang turned 13, his father took him to Italy to show off this young boy’s talents. Before Mozart turned 21, he was appointed to be assistant concertmaster. It was at this time that he wrote his first opera. Mozart left on another tour in 1777, and then returned to Salzburg to be a court organist. He soon decided he was not so fond of this position, and resigned to become a freelance musician in Vienna. When he moved to Vienna, he married Constanze Weber, against his father’s wishes. Wolfgang lived in luxury during the beginning of his life in Vienna, he was producing popular operas. Soon, though, he began to lack money, and took loans that would leave him in debt for the rest of his life. In the final years of Mozart’s life, he was most productive, writing his most famous symphonies, The Magic Flute, and of course,
In 1747 Leopold Mozart married Maria Anna Pertl. Leopold and Maria Anna would have seven children, two of who would survive. Maria Anna born in 1752 who the family called Nannerl . Then in 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus who was nicknamed Wolfgangerl. Wolfgang Amadeus was not his original birth name it was shortened to this from Joannes Chrisostomos Wolfgangus Gottlieb. It is little wonder even two of the children survived; “Given Leopolds insistence that they be brought up on a diet of water and gruel, the wonder is that any survived at all.” (Siepmann, Mozart His life and Music) Leopold Mozart was very musical himself and was a skilled violinist, composer and an author. He wrote a well
Mozart composed a great amount of church music, most of it for performance at the Salzburg Cathedral. He wrote Masses and shorter pieces called motets; and he set psalms to music, especially for the afternoon or evening service. The music is beautiful and varied. It includes choral and solo parts, usually with accompaniment by organ and orchestra. Mozart’s best-known sacred work is the Requiem (Mass for the Dead). He began it in the last year of his life and