The Music Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, commonly referred to as Mozart was born in Austria during the 18th century. Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart gave birth to Wolfgang Amadeus on January 27th 1756. (“Wolfgang Mozart") Wolfgang was born into a family that was not unfamiliar to the sounds of music. Leopold, Mozart’s father, was musically talented and enjoyed playing the violin and was not shy at introducing his children to music. Both Mozart and his sister Maria Anna began playing instruments. Therefore, from about the age of six years old it was obvious to Mozart’s family and his peers that he was musically gifted with his understanding of the complexities surrounding it ("Wolfgang Mozart").

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

He was one of the most well-known and influential composers in the Classical Era. In the early years of his life, Mozart proved to be a prodigy. Growing up he “mastered the universal technical difficulties of musical composition, such as counterpoint, harmony, fugue, variation, instrumentation, and formal planning (of arias, ensembles, sonatas, and rondos); yet all this learning never suppressed the element of fantasy. Mozart excelled in virtually every genre and style” (Rushton, Paragraph 1) Mozart composed over 600 works varying from concertos, operas, sonatas, and symphonies. During the years 1782—1785, Mozart performed a series of concerts, earing him a substantial amount of wealth. In 1786, he returned to opera where his career began to slowly decline, causing him and his family to change from the comfortable lifestyle they grew accustom to living frugally. 1791, the year Mozart died was a year of great productivity. He wrote many new works, such as The Magic Flute, Clarinet Concerto K.622, and Ave verum corpus K.618. Unfortunately, he became ill and his health began to deteriorate. He died December 5th, 1791 at the age of

This paper discusses Mozart's life, his compositions and his importance to the world and the world of music. It explains how Mozart's music is still some of the most popular classical music played today and his life is still studied because his music is so well known and liked.

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.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived during a period of great change in philosophy, art, religion and music. This change was brought about by the transition from the baroque period where the Catholic Church encouraged the arts to depict religious themes and the aristocracy ruled over the artists. The populace had very little power or recognition.

The effects of Mozart on today’s society can be seen just about everywhere. In marketing, they play music to make the consumer want to buy their product. In restaurants, they play music to help the customer feel relaxed in their establishment. People listen to music while driving cars. It seems that music permeates almost every aspect of our everyday lives. When people think of the birth of modern music, they often think of classical music. And when people think of classical music, they think of Mozart. During the 18th century, the musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed a total number of six hundred and fifty works. When he was younger, he toured Europe with his father, Leopold, and his sister, Nannerl, playing for Europe’s elite of the time. He put forth some major musical contributions that shape modern music today (Fiero 324,326). Classical music is the great grandfather of all modern music. Some people enjoy

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer who lived in the 18th century. Many of his compositions are still known today.

Wolfgang Mozart could be best known as one of the most outstanding child prodigies in history. Mozart just had that musical skill thrive in his body, especially at a young age.

He had many compositions that became popular quickly after they were published and continue to be popular to this day. Mozart’s influence has had a lasting impression on music because he was a “winner”. In “Glimpse of Genius”, a book review by Chris Walton, he talks of Mozart’s early life. Despite the many challenges in Mozart’s young life he eventually became what we refer to as a musical genius. Mozart was not always the “winner” educators refer to now.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific European Composer during the 18th century where he made a lasting change on the musical world through his numerous compositions and excellence in his capabilities of playing many instruments perfectly. Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756, in Salzburg Austria. His father was Leopold Mozart who was a violinist, a minor composer, and Vice-Kapellmeister at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. His mother was Maria Anna Pertl. By the time Mozart was around four his father gave his sister music lessons, but without anyone knowing Mozart would absorb what they were talking about, and he started to awaken his gift. He started memorizing and playing songs just by hearing them and reciting them after. Mozart was four years old when he composed his first concerto for the clavier. On January 24, 1761, three days before his birthday, he learned a scherzo by Georg Christoph Wagenseil between nine and nine thirty at night an unusual time for a small child to be practicing in an age of no electric lights as Jeremy Siepmann says in Mozart His Life and His Music (5).

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.

At the age of three, Wolfgang showed signs of remarkable musical talent. He learned to play the harpsichord, a keyboard instrument related to the piano, at the age of four. Wolfgang began composing minuets at the age of five. When he was only six years old, he and his older sister, Anna Maria, embarked on a series of concert tours to Europe’s courts and major cities. They played for the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa