The Struggle Of A Musical Genius

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are two of the greatest composers ever to write music. Both men lived in the early 18th and 19th century, but their music and influences are still felt today. The men faced similar experiences, yet they both lead very different lives. All together the pieces that these men composed amounts to over 300 published, and unpublished works of art. The people of their time period often had mixed feelings about these men, some “complained that Mozart’s music presented them with too many ideas and that his melodies moved from one to the next faster than audiences could follow, yet the ideas themselves seem effortless and natural, clear and

He is what most people consider a musical prodigy, yet evidence suggests quite the opposite. Mozart became so famous when he actually succeeded at a slower rate than other people, which goes to show the effects of hard work. People who have the free will and mental capacity to work harder towards their goals will come to succeed even quicker than a famed “child prodigy” like Mozart.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was blessed with the a musical intelligence. This intelligence gave him the ability to perform and compose music. As a child Mozart was a prodigy since childhood. Mozart was composing music as early of the age of 5. His music wasn't pots and pans banging together. Mozart's music was extraordinary, he had composed 600 plus works by his mid 20s. He could feel the rhythm and knew exactly what to do with it. If this kind of intelligence does not fit Mozart, then I have no idea what could.

Mozart was a virtuoso on the piano. A virtuoso refers to someone who is highly skilled on his or her instrument. Mozart played keyboard and violin while his sister only played the keyboard. At the early age of 3, Mozart was showing signs of being musically gifted and began composing shortly after. Both he and his sister received intense musical training which, in turn, allowed Mozart the opportunity to grow as a musician. It became certain that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy. This meant that he had a skill that was not learned. He had a natural gift for music. Their father, Leopold began teaching his children music at a young age. Because of this, both children were destined to get far in their musical careers. Over his short life, Mozart wrote several operas. His most famous operas include; The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and La Clemenza di Tito. Operas and plays that are entirely sung. Each of Mozart’s operas have a story behind it. For example, The Marriage of Figaro is a comedy about a couple trying to get married but, a series of obstacles interferes with it. Because Mozart showed a talent for music at the young age of six, his father took him and his sister to play in from of a court and they caught the attention of important individuals. This resulted in a tour.

     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s style unlike anyone else. Mozart was a master of counterpoint, fugue, and the other traditional compositional points of his day. He is also considered the best melody writer the world has ever known. Wolfgang perfected the grand forms of symphony, opera string quartet, and concerto made the classical period. “Mozart’s music is characterized by lucid ease and distinction of style....”2 Wolfgang wrote over 600 works which consisted of 21 stage and opera works, 15 masses, over 50 symphonies, 25 piano concertos, 12 violin concertos,27 concert arias, 17 piano sonatas, 26 string quartets, and many more. His operas range from comic baubles to tragic pieces. In his Requiem it illustrates the supreme vocal sounds in any of his work.

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).

The interesting things that I learned about Wolfgang Mozart was that half of his symphonies that he created was between the age of eight and nineteen. He was given a nickname called “Wolfe”. It was funny to me that when he was a child he was afraid of the trumpet. When Mozart was performing in London when he was young, people could not believe that a young person like Mozart could be that talented, so they thought that he was dwarf. When he was fourteen, he performed Mitidate re di Panto and it was a successful performance for him. Mozart could understand the word of music but could not write words. Mozart spent most of his life traveling to perform his music. He wrote over 600 works and most of his writing that he did were pinnacis of symphonics,

One of the most famous musicians around the classical period that was most influential on modern day artists are Beethoven and Mozart. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in a family full of musician’s .Beethoven played many instruments during his teenage years and played outstandingly well. Once in his late twenties Beethoven started losing his hearing this grew great concern for him; Ludwig lived for his music so when this occurred he had went into deep depression and also tried to attempt to commit suicide.

One of the reason that Mozart’s music still so popular even today simply because if you listen attentively to a skilled performance you will find that your experience was pleasant . You will enjoy it without the need of any training whatsoever even if you have different culture and background. Mozart’s music has been deeply influential in almost every culture, his performance has been witnessed eveywhere.I beleive the subtleties and nuances are what make his music so great and appreciable.They convey and evoke such powerful emotions,that can reach to almost anybody.Also his popularity comes from the diversity of his work, which included opera, symphonies, some choral compositions and concertos. At that time he was the perfect exemple of

After returning from his tour of Europe, it is said that Mozart needed time to recover from the various illnesses he had received while traveling. While in Salzburg, it is unknown whether or not Mozart attended a school, but it is known that his father taught him much of what he knew early on in life. It is said that his father helped him write compositions at the beginning, and by 1767 they had an extensive list of keyboard works. Unfortunately, none of these early works for Mozart’s Salzburg childhood remain.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once said, "Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music." If you have ever heard of his music, you would understand how much truth is in that quote. Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 and he was a composer of the Classical era. He was born in Salzburg and ever since he was a child has always showed his interest in the category of music. He was the son of Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart. His father was a teacher and was also the chapel master in the court orchestra of archbishop of Salzberg. Mozart composed more than 600 works, and many of those were acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic and choral music.

Mozart 's name changed considerably during his lifetime. Mozart 's musical ability started to become apparent when he was a toddler. Mozart was a musician that was skilled of playing several instruments who started playing in public at a young age. He was the son of Leopold Mozart & Anna Maria Mozart, one of Europe 's leading musical teachers, who influential textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule that was published in 1756, the same year as Mozart 's birth. Mozart received intensive musical training from his father, including instruction in both the piano and violin in his early age. At a young age he mastered keyboard and violin and amused social leaders including royalty throughout Europe. He was married and had six children but only two survived infancy. He was brought up in a roman catholic and remained there throughout his life. His greatest works religious in nature like: “Ave Verum Corpus”. Mozart was very productive until his time of death at the age of 35. Mozart became ill and his death was very difficult topics by the Roman legends. His final year indicated that he was in good cheer and his death was a shock to his family and friends.

Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart better known as, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was born in Salzburg, Austria to Leopold and Anne Marie Mozart. Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) was a violinist, composer and the Vice-Kapellmeister to the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. His elder sister Marie Anne also nicknamed “Nannerl”, and are the only two to survive out of seven children. He and his sister were both child prodigies in music. At the age of three, Mozart would watch and mimic his elder sister as she played the harpsichord. Mozart’s father gives up composing and eventually becomes a teacher when he recognizes his children’s talents, he spent a lot of time with them on music and othe subject at which they also exceeded in these areas as well. Leopold teaches Mozart how to play the clavier, organ, and violin. At the age of four, he had already mastered some of the works his father had him play and by the time he was five, he had already composed a small andante and an allegro.