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Birth
Baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He was born in Getreidegasse, Salzburgo, Austria. -
First perfomance
With five years old Amadeus Mozart was already a music prodigy and he performed in at the court of Prince-elector Maximilian III of Bavaria in Munich with his sister. -
First Melody
With eight years old Amadeus Mozart write his first melody, with a lot of help from his father. -
One of his first opera
Amadeus Mozart was in Milan when he wrote the opera Mitridate, re di Ponto, this opera was performed with succes. -
Employment at the Salzburg court
Amadeus Mozart was employed as a court musician by the ruler of Salzburg. The composer had a great number of friends and admirers in Salzburg -
The closure of the court theatre
Mozart grew increasingly discontented with Salzburg and redoubled his efforts to find a position elsewhere. One reason was his low salary, 150 florins a year,Mozart longed to compose operas, and Salzburg provided only rare occasions for these. The situation worsened in 1775 when the court theater was closed. -
Return to Salzburg after the journey thru Paris
Mozart finally returned to Salzburg and took up his new appointment, but his discontentment with Salzburg remained undiminished. -
The quarrel with the archbishop
Was hard for Mozart because his father sided against him. Hoping fervently that he would obediently follow Colloredo back to Salzburg. Mozart passionately defended his intention to pursue an independent career in Vienna. The debate ended when Mozart was dismissed by the archbishop, freeing himself both of his employer and his father's demands to return. Solomon characterizes Mozart's resignation as a "revolutionary step", and altered the course of his life. -
First steps as an independent musician
Mozart's new career in Vienna began well. He performed often as a pianist, notably in a competition before the Emperor with Muzio Clementi on 24 December 1781, and he soon "had established himself as the finest keyboard player in Vienna". He also prospered as a composer, and in 1782 completed the opera "The Abduction from the Seraglio", which premiered on 16 July 1782 and achieved a huge success. -
Marriage and children
Mozart faced a very difficult task in getting his father's permission for the marriage. The couple were finally married, only two of their five sons survived the childhood -
Freemason
Mozart became a Freemason, admitted to the lodge "Beneficence". Freemasonry played an important role in the remainder of Mozart's life: he attended meetings, a number of his friends were Masons, and on various occasions he composed Masonic music, e.g. the Maurerische Trauermusik -
Return to opera
Despite the great success of Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart for the next four years, produced two unfinished works. He focused instead on his career as a piano soloist and writer of concertos. Mozart moved away from keyboard writing and began his famous operatic collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. 1786 saw the successful premiere of The Marriage of Figaro in Vienna. Its reception in Prague later in the year was even warmer. -
Austro- Turkish War
Toward the end of the decade, Mozart's circumstances worsened. He had ceased to appear frequently in public concerts, and his income shrank. This was a difficult time for musicians in Vienna because of the Austro-Turkish War. -
Ludwing van Beethoven
The young Ludwig van Beethoven spent several weeks in Vienna, hoping to study with Mozart. No reliable records survive to indicate whether the two composers ever met. -
Latest notes
Mozart's aim was to reduce his rental expenses, Mozart began to borrow money, most often from his friend and fellow Mason Michael Puchberg; "a pitiful sequence of letters pleading for loans" survives. Maynard Solomon and others have suggested that Mozart was suffering from depression, and it seems that his output slowed. Major works of the period include the last three symphonies (Nos. 39, 40, and 41, all from 1788), and the last of the three Da Ponte operas, Così fan tutte, premiered in 1790. -
Death
Mozart was nursed in his final illness by his wife and her youngest sister, and was attended by the family doctor, Thomas Franz Closset. He was mentally occupied with the task of finishing his Requiem, but the evidence that he actually dictated passages to his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr is minimal.
Mozart died in his home on 5 December 1791 (aged 35) at 1:00 am.
