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mozart´s birth
He was born in the city of Salzburg -
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mozart´s life
He was born in the city of Salzburg -
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TRAVELS
Wolfgang and his sister "Nannerl" (Anna) performed in front of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1762. Over the next decade, the family made five tours of Europe, and Mozart played at many royal courts.After the success of his opera Idomeneo in Munich in March 1781 -
early life
Mozart's father, Leopold, was a musician. Wolfgang was a child prodigy; at the age of five he composed a minuet, and played both the harpsichord and the violin. -
What was he like
Mozart was obedient to his father, playful, and full of humour. As a man he was small and rather thin, his head was quite large for his body, and he had a lot of hair, which he was very proud of and took care to powder every day . He was always full of energy, often restless, and extremely hardworking. -
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his fist job was Concert director for Archbishop of Salzburg
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What he composed
During his short life he wrote over 600 pieces of music, including the operas (music with a story) Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. Some of these pieces are considered to be the finest works in the Classical style. -
Family
Mozart came from a warm and loving family. He loved playing duets at the keyboard with his older sister, Nannerl, and even wrote a concerto for two pianos for them to play together. He was also very close to his mother, and wrote her endless letters. His father guided him through every aspect of life teaching him how to manage money, how to deal with people, and how to behave in society. -
mozart married Constanze Weber
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he became music theacher
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mozat´s dead
Mozart died at 35 years of age. His death cannot be attributed to a single cause, but during the last few weeks of his life we know he suffered from kidney failure and possibly rheumatic fever, which put a further strain on his feeble body