WOLFGANG A. Mozart

Childhood

• His parents are Leopold and Maria Pertl.
• He started composing at age six.
• He had one sister named Maria Anna (Nannerl)

Mozart was born in Salzburg. He traveled to Italy and Vienna three times and Paris once. He died in Vienna.

Musical Career

• Mozart was always a musician.
• He had written eight operas by sixteen.
• Mozart was influenced by Bach.
• He wrote symphonies, operas, and solo concertos.

Musical Talents

• Mozart played the harpsichord and violin.
• He could write down music after listening to it once.
• Mozart wrote half of his symphonies between the ages of nine and eighteen.

Wealth

• It might surprise you to know that Mozart was not wealthy.
• He was very poor around the age of his death.
• Mozart was poor because he like to gamble and he never really found a good paying job.

Troubles

• When Mozart became a man, it was hard for him to realize he wasn't a child prodigy.
• Musicians that grow old are sometimes referred to as servants. Mozart didn't want to be treated or called a servant.

Musical Era

• Mozart composed in the classical era.

Interesting Facts

• Mozart could write music before words.
• It'd take 202 hours to listen to all of his music.
• His sister was unable to perform compositions until she married.
• Out of 35 years of living 14 were spent traveling.
• Not many know where his grave is located.

Marriage of Figaro-Overture

• https://youtu.be/ikQNFqVkNNc

Mozart-Piano Concerto No. 12-Andante

• https://youtu.be/nOQdfPdqMSM

Ronda All Turca-Mozart

• https://youtu.be/quxTnEEETbo
• It was composed in 1783 for the piano.
• Also known as Turkish Rondo/Turkish March.
• This song is my all time favorite classical song. The melody makes me feel like I can just fall asleep right then and there.

WEBSITES USED

• mozartways.com
• biography.com
• imslip.org

Thanks for watching and learning about this composer.
By: Jacob O.