MOZART

THE START OF MOZART

• Mozart was born january 27, 1756
• He started preforming publicly when he was 6
• He was born in Salzburg, Austria.
• He composed hundreds of works including sonatas, symphonies, masses, and operas.
• His father and mother were Leopold and Maria Pertl Mozart.

EARLY LIFE

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was his full name
• The only sibling that survived birth was his older sister maria anna
• Mozart was baptized the day after his birth
• Mozart was taught to play the harpsichord, violin and organ by his father
• He began composing before he was 5

EARLY LIFE (CONTINUED)

• In 1771 he got appointed concertmaster to a archbishop of Salzburg
• But soon after that he didnt like that position and left to find a better post
• He searched with his mom for a new post but had trouble finding one.
• They went to paris and met many German composers and mozarts first music was published
• Mozart was appointed an honorary Konzertmeister at the Salzburg court.

THE ITALIAN TOURS

• By the age of 13 mozart had great facility in the musical langue of his time
• This tour began on december 13, 1769 and lasted 15 months
• This took him to all the main musical centers
• But sometimes they would stop at any town if a nobblemen wanted to hear him play
• some times mozart would have to rewrite some of his song to please the singers

THE ITALIAN TOUR (CONTINUED)

• on december 26 he released a new piece called Regio Ducal Teatro
• This new song was a big hit
• He directed the first three of the 22 performances then returned home with his dad

MORE ON MOZART

• In about march 1775 mozart began to work in his Salzburg post
• The work to him was was not compatible with his abilities
• During this time he wrote a dramatic song called "The Shepherd King"
• At the end of the year he was commissioned to write opera buffa for the Munich carnival

THE LAST OF HIS TRAVELS

• When Mozart returned from Prague in mid-November
• During the time of depression Mozart was working on 3 synophoniess
• Mozarts was having a lot of anxiety durimg this time about if people would come and if his work was good
• He mentions this in many letters he write to home

MOZART'S LAST YEAR

• Mozart had just finished his clarinet concerto in september
• He had also released Die Zauberflöte the next day still very anxious about it
• The reactions were cautious but soon after that it became the most loved of all mozarts work
• Mozart had become ill but he was still in good spirts and directed three performance

MOZART'S DEATH

• Mozart died on december 5, 1791
• His burial was very simple
• He was put in a reusable coffin in a common grave with 6 other bodies
• No friends or family came to his burial
• He died of hitziges Frieselfieber.