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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Published on Dec 05, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

YEARS OF LIFE
Born- January 27, 1756
Died- December 5, 1791

He was 35 when he died

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MOZART'S FAMILY

  • Father- Leopold
  • Mother- Maria Anna Mozart

MOZART'S SIBLINGS

  • Sisters- Maria Anna, Maria Anna Cordule, Maria Crescentia Francisca de Paula, and Maria Anna Nepomucena Walpuris.
  • Brothers- Johann Leopold Joachim and Johann Karl Amadeus.

Mozart's family wasn't rich and they weren't poor. They had money just to take care of themselves. Mozart did not have a job when he was younger.

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MOZART'S SCHOOLING

  • Mozart started out as a musician.
  • He didn't go to school because he was homeschooled.
  • Mozart was good at arithmetic.
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MOZART'S HOME

  • Mozart's family was from Salzburg, Austria.
  • He was born in Salzburg.
  • He also lived in London, Viennese.
  • He died in Vienna, Austria.
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MOZART COMPOSED IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

  • Mozart's father taught him about music and sparked his interest.
  • His father also gave him his musical education.

INSTRUMENTS

  • Mozart played:
  • Violin
  • Clavier/Keyboard
  • Organ
  • Harpsichord
  • He was very good at the piano.

TYPES OF MUSIC
Mozart composed for lots of types of music, but his best admired ones are in opera, and he mostly composed music for orchestras.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MOZART

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1. Mozart could speak up to 15 languages because he traveled so often.

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2. He could sight read and improvise music at a very young age.

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3. He was very good at mathematics when he was being homeschooled by his father.

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4. Mozart wrote his first opera when he was just 14 years old.

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5. He was a Roman Catholic, and some of his greatest works were religious in nature.

SOME OF MOZART'S SONGS:

  • Requiem K. 626 in D minor
  • The Magic Flute
  • Così Fan Tutte
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