Who was Wolfgang

Amadeus Mozart?

Background review
 Questions

1. At what age did Mozart learn to play the first instrument?

2. What instrument was it?
3. At what age did Mozart start composing music?
4. How many instruments could Mozart play at the age of eight.
5. Who was Mozart’s father?
6. Why didn’t people believe that Mozart’s talent was real?
7. How did a lawyer find out that Mozart was a child and a genius?
 Questions

1. Who taught Wolfgang and his sister music?

2. When and where was Mozart born?
3. How many brothers and sisters did Mozart have?
4. How was Mozart called in the family?
5. How did the parents find out about the talent of the boy?
6. What music instruments were there at the time of Mozart’s life?
7. How did his father find out that Mozart also could compose
music?
 Questions
6. How did Mozart compose his music?
7. What was little Mozart’s character like?
8. What kind of games did Mozart’s father invent?
9. What for did Mozart compose music?
10. Did Mozart and his sister go to school?
11. What language was Mozart’s native language?
12. What was the relationship in Mozart’s family?
13. How did Mozart’s father find out that his son could play the violin?
14. Who wanted to listen to Mozart and his sister playing music?
15. What was Vienna like?
16. How did the Empress’s reaction to Mozart’s behavior?
17. What did Mozart’s father decide after visiting Vienna?
Chapter 2
 Active
vocabulary
• to set out on a boat
• to brave the dangers
• to be dazzled by something
• to stay up
• to overwork oneself
• to grow famous
• to be made out of something
• to catch a sickness
• to win someone’s hearts
 Questions
1. When did the family leave Salzburg?
2. Which cities did the family visit on their trip?
3. Who did Wolfie and Nannerl play for?
4. What health problems did Mozart have?
5. How was the attitude of rich and noble people towards the family?
6. How did an artist manage to keep Wolfie and Nannerl still?
7. What famous composer’s son became Mozart’s friend?
8. What country did Mozart visit next?
9. Under what circumstances did Mozart compose his first symphony?
10. What is a symphony?
11. What sickness did Mozart catch on the way home?
Chapter 3
 Active
vocabulary
• to go on trips
• to hire someone
• to make one’s debut
• to be elaborate
• to be performed
• to defeat someone’s plans
• to do something at a very rapid pace
• to memorize something instantly
• to skip the concert
• to neglect someone
 Questions
1. What did Leopold decide after returning home?
2. What plan did the father have for Wolfie?
3. What is an opera?
4. At what age did Mozart write his first opera?
5. What result did Mozart achieve with his first opera?
6. Where did Wolfie and his father travel from 1769 to 1773?
7. How did Mozart manage to write down Allegri’s Miserere?
8. How many music pieces did Mozart compose from 1766 to 1773?
9. What hobby did Mozart have besides music?
10. What happened in 1778?
11. When did Mozart return to Salzburg?
Critical thinking

1. In your opinion, why was Mozart’s first opera a failure?

2. In your opinion, why did Mozart’s father not let him teach
music lessons for free?

3. In your opinion, why did Mozart’s father blame his son for
the death of Mozart’s mother?
Homework

• review the active vocabulary

• write a plot summary of chapter 1 using all words from

active vocabulary lists

• read chapter 4 and 5 of the book Who was Wolfgang

Amadeus Mozart and prepare for the discussion