The life of Mozart in summary.

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The Life of Mozart in Summary

        Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Mozart on January 27, 1756 in the town of Salzburg, Austria.  At age five, it took Mozart all of thirty minutes to master his first musical composition on the piano, a scherzo by Georg Christoph Wagenseil.  Shortly after that, Mozart wrote his first composition, an andante in C Major (K. 1a).  Both Mozart and his only surviving sibling, Maria Anna, showed exceptional musical talent at a young age and were both instructed by their father who at the time served as Kapellmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg.  Mozart’s talent was not restricted to the keyboard; he also played the violin, the organ, and was fluent in seven languages.  Mozart spent the majority of his childhood and youth developing his talent and performing around Western Europe along with Leopold and Maria Anna for audiences such as the Empress Maria Teresa of Vienna.  In 1782, Mozart married Constanze Weber despite the disapproval of his father.  The couple made their home in Vienna where Mozart supported his family by writing music for the public.  The final ten years of the composer’s life were difficult.  He received little or no commission for his works, and the genius of his talent and compositions remained unrealized.  Mozart died at the young age of thirty-six on December 5, 1791 probably due to health problems.  On the night of his death, people gathered below Mozart’s window in the Rauhensteingasse to sing his music in his honor.  

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His Music

        The amazing talent and genius of Mozart was not discovered until after his death.  In his life, Mozart composed over 600 works, which include symphonies, concertos for numerous instruments, serenades, sonatas, divertimentos, and operas.  At the age of twenty-one, Mozart left Salzburg where he had been providing music for the court of Archbishop Colloredo, in search for a new job.  He, along with his mother, departed in September of 1777 en route to Paris.  The trip included stops in Munich, Augsburg, and Mannheim.  In Mannheim, Mozart met Christian Cannabich, a director of a famous court orchestra.  Mozart spent ...

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