WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

CHILDHOOD

• Mozart was born in Salzburg, Germany
• At the age of 3 he was playing 4 short pieces on the harpsichord.
• His name in his baptismal record was “Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart”.

CHILDHOOD

• He had a remarkable early childhood music talent.
• His parents were Leopold, who was a musician, and Anne Marie Mozart, which we cannot find her job.

ABOUT MOZART

• He composed one of the lowest arias in the history of opera in “Abduction from the seraglio.” It calls for a bass soloist to sing a low D.
• He hated the trumpet.
• He spent his money really fast and died poor.
• He wrote all different kinds of music genres.

MORE ABOUT MOZART

• Beethoven played piano concertos for Mozart.
• The Magic Flute was his last opera.
• In just 36 years he composed 600 pieces.
• He composed in short bursts throughout the day. He wrote little in the morning, little in the afternoon, and little at night.

EVEN MORE ABOUT MOZART

• He completed two operas just three months before he died.
• Mozart was among the greatest composers in the history of western music.
• 5 years before his death he wrote one of his most successful operas “The Marriage of Figaro.”

MOZART’S WAY OF MUSIC

• He composed in the classical era.
• He mostly played the keyboard, violin, and harpsichord.

HIS DEATH

• He died of a chronic kidney disease.
• He died on December 5, 1791
• He only lived 35 short years.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

• It was originally used as an evening song for courtship.
• It was composed in 1787
• It’s name in German is “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVTXlRxVdEY

LACRIMOSA

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

• https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=&ved=2ahUKE...

WEBSITES

• Wikipedia
• Britannaica
• Biography
• King FM 98.1.com
• Classic FM
• ENO
• Mozart Ways
• PBS
• Opera Philadelphia and Dictionary.on music

I hope you learned a little bit more about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.