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Mozart

Mozart . By Riya Patel. Wolfgang A. Mozart. Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Mozart’s Childhood.

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Mozart

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  1. Mozart • By • Riya Patel

  2. Wolfgang A. Mozart • Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood

  3. Mozart’s Childhood • Mozart’s full name was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was born on January 27, 1756 Salzburg, Austria. W. A. Mozart was a multi-instrumentalist who started playing in public at age 6. W. A. Mozart’s parent’s names were Anna and Nannerl.

  4. Mozart’s Facts • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. • His childhood motto was After God, Papa.’’ • Mozart was very good at mathematics. • Mozart could write music notes before he could write words. • Mozart was a knight ! • Nobody believed Mozart could write music at such a young age. So he was locked in a tower. He only had a paper, pen, and a bed. Someone came to check on him. They could not believe how many pieces he wrote! • His last opera’s name was The Clemency of Titus. • In Wasserburg when Wolfgang was 7 he saw a pedal organ for the first time. • He wrote his a piece when he was only eight. • Mozart composed his first string quartet in Lodi.

  5. Mozart’s Most Famous Pieces • 1. Flute Concerto No. 2 In D Major – K. 314 • 2. Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor – K. 491 • 3. Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat Major – K. 271 • 4. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major – K. 453 • 5. Horn Concerto No. 3 In E-Flat Major – K. 447 http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/classicalmusic101/tp/mozartconcerto.htm

  6. Childhood experience • When her was six he went on a tour all through Europe by stagecoach. He played for royalty, well-known people and in bars. At age seven he proposed marriage to Marie Antoinette. When Mozart was eight he composed symphonies. At age eleven he wrote his first opera. He was known as the most kissed boy in Europe. • Mozart was ill a lot and many people wandered how much longer he would live. He was very sweet and loving. He never had to go to school, his father gave him lessons. • As a child Mozart was very cute with rosy cheeks and bright eyes. When he was an adult he had yellowish skin all scarred from smallpox and he big bulgy eyes. http://library.thinkquest.org/4004/cgi-bin/mozart's.htm

  7. Mozart’s Life • He was born on January 27, 1756. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on December 5, 1791 at age 35. His work influenced many composers that followed—most notably Beethoven—in its complexity and depth. 

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