Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg. He comes from a family of successful musicians. His father was Leopold Mozart, who worked as a musician for the Prince of the Archbishop of Salzburg. He was also a teacher and composed to order. Wolfgang's mother's name was Anna Maria Pertl. They had a total of seven children, but at that time there was a very high infant mortality rate and only Wolfgang and his older sister Maria Anna survived.
Leopold started teaching his son when he was only a few years old. He neglects his job in order to dedicate himself to his son and his education. Mozart already knew how to play the piano at the age of three, and his father taught him to play the violin as well. He quickly developed the skill of playing all the musical directions of that time. Wolfgang soon exceeded his father's expectations and at the age of five he wrote his first compositions and showed incredible skills on clarinet and violin.
In 1762, Leopold took Wolfgang and Maria Anna, called Nanerl, to the court in Munich. Mozart is presented as a "miracle child". He was only six years old then. After that, they performed at the court in Paris, London and other European cities. The journeys were long and Wolfgang became seriously ill a couple of times. Leopold was more worried about the wealth that could escape him than the health of his son.
Until the age of 20, he had the opportunity to work on various musical genres, composing symphonies, string quartets, sonatas and several operas. He developed a passion for violin concertos, but wrote only five, the most famous of which are no. 3 and no. 5. He turned to writing piano concertos in 1776 and finished with piano concerto no. 9.
Despite the success of his compositions, Mozart became dissatisfied with his position as assistant conductor, which was provided to him by the archbishop. He was very ambitious and thought he could achieve more elsewhere.
In August 1777, Mozart set out on a journey in search of better employment. He visited Mannheim, Paris and Munich. He was accompanied on the trip by his mother, who fell ill during the trip and died on July 3, 1778. After hearing the news of his wife's death, Leopold secured a place for his son at the court in Salzburg, which Mozart accepted. During that period, he composed many church works, including the "Coronation Mass". Mozart had various disagreements at court and in 1781 he was fired and went to Vienna, where he remained for the rest of his life.
In Rome, they visited the Pope and experienced great success. Mozart was awarded the Order of the Golden Spur of the first order, thanks to which he was able to use the title of knight. By a play of fate, his patron was a certain Count Coloredo, who would become the next Archbishop of Salzburg.
Mozart's work consists of 17 operas, more than 50 symphonies, a large number of instrumental compositions, such as cassations, divertimento, serenades, quartets, trios, more than 30 sonatas for piano and violin, 26 piano sonatas, 7 violin and 27 piano concertos. and 11 for other instruments.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has composed over six hundred works that cover all genres of classical music from the time of its creation, the most famous of which are:
Symphonies: "Paris", "Hafner", "Linz", "Prague", "Jupiter" and "Symphony No. 40"
"Piano Concerto No. 21", "Piano Concerto No. 25" and "Piano Concerto No. 26", "Violin Concerto No. 3" and "Violin Concerto No. 5", "Turkish March", "Haydn Quartets", "Little Night Music", "," Figaro's Marriage "," Don Giovanni "," That's How They Do Everything "and" The Magic Flute "," Coronation Mass "and" Great Mass ", as well as" Requiem "
which is treated as an unfinished work.
Against the will of his parents, Mozart married Constance Weber in 1782, with whom he had six children, of whom only two survived. His life was filled with financial difficulties because he was often not paid, and he led an extravagant lifestyle.
Mozart died at the age of less than 36, on December 5, 1791, in Vienna in terrible misery.
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