Name: Santiago Parra

Grade: 10B
Mozart Biography

Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg (Austria)

and was baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus
Theophilus Mozart, although he was known as Wolfgang
Amadeus. He was the last son of Leopold Mozart, a
musician at the service of the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
and his mother's name was Anna Maria.
Wolfgang and his sister Maria Anna show amazing faculties
for music since childhood. Wolfgang, at the age of four,
practiced clavichord; and composed small songs, at six, he
played with skill the key and the violin. He could read music
practically at first sight, had an amazing memory and had a
great ability to improvise musical phrases. I was not a child
Leopold He was demanding as a father and a teacher, at all
times he was aware of Wolfgang's personal and professional
training. When the boy was going to turn six years old,
Leopold decided to exhibit his children's musical skills
before the main courts of Europe. His authoritarian and
oppressive figure would mark the young Amadeus for his
entire life.
On January 12, 1762, the whole family left for Munich,
played before Emperor Maximilian Joseph II and continued
to Vienna. The stay in this city ended with two recitals
before the imperial family in the Schönbrunn palace.
Wolfgang called the attention of the public in each concert.
This was like his test trip, because he received a lot of
praise. On January 5, 1763, the Mozarts returned to
Salzburg. This trip began on June 9, 1763 and for three and
a half years, the Mozarts toured the main cities of Europe,
reaping great successes. In Vienna they were called to the
palace by Empress Maria Teresa and she was delighted with
the child.
In London they caused the admiration of King George III;
During this trip the young musician composed his first
symphony and met Johann Christian Bach, youngest son of
Johann Sebastian Bach.
In Holland, astonishment playing the largest and most
complicated organ in the world, and he composed his first
oratory, at nine years of age.
Each presentation of the young Wolfgang Amadeus was an
exhibition of his prodigious mind with the key and the violin
and left the spectators amazed improvising on any subject
they proposed. The family returned to Salzburg on
November 30, 1766.
The health of the genius began to worsen and its
concentration decreased. In October of 1791 his health
worsened. It is said that one day he was walking with his
wife in a park when he suddenly sat on a bench and very
agitated, he told Constanze that someone had poisoned him.
On December 5, 1791, Mozart died in Vienna at the age of
35. Recent research would show that Mozart died of a
rheumatic fever. Due to his economic problems, he was
buried in a mass grave and could never be located.