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Mozart's birth
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27th of January 1756,in Salzburg, Austria. He was the son of Johann Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Pertl. -
Mozart's childhood
He learned how to play the piano when he was just three years old. He was an extremely talented musician.
When he was six years old he travelled around Europe to perform concerts for Royal Families.
His father had come up with a great solution for the times Mozart was so lazy that he didn’t wake up. He would start playing a musical piece and play it all apart from the last note. Then, Mozart would get off his bed and finish it. -
Achievements
He wrote his firtst music piece when he was five years old. When he was just seven years old he wrote his first symphony. As a symphony needs a whole orchestra to be performed, it was a great achievement.
He has written 51 music pieces in just thirty five years of age. They included operas, symphonies, arias, sonatas for piano or violin etc.
Some of his most famous works are: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Figaro’s weddings, The magic flute, Symphony no.40, Don Giovanni. -
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Musical pieces
You can listen to some of Mozart's musical compositions in following links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy2zDJPIgwc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xeAsc6m35w -
Personality
Even though being a genius, Mozart’s personality was weird. He had an eccentric behaviour and always exaggerated about his accomplishments. He was serious when needed and impulsive at other times, cyclothymic and moody.
He liked inappropriate jokes containing toilet humour. He even wrote some songs containing this kind of jokes. -
Frieds and enemies
Mozart was a very social person. He had a lot of friends, one of them being the famous piano composer Haydn.
He got married in 1782 to Constanze Mozart. The couple had six children in nine years of marriage.
His most famous enemy was an Italian a composer named Antonio Salieri. They fought for the title of the best opera composer. -
Mozart's death
Mozart died in 1791 in Vienna, when he was thirty five years old. His cause of death is still unknown, but most doctors agree that he probably died because of an illness.
There are some popular conspiracy theories regarding his death. Some people claim that his enemies poisoned him, with Salieri being the most possible one.
At the time of his death, he had been writing a funeral music piece, called Requiem. He never finished it, but it is one of his most famous compositions.
