WolfGang Amadues Mozart

BY:JOHN WINLY SERRA

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WolfGang Amadeus Mozart:
Born in Salzburg 27 January 1756;
died Vienna 5 December 1791

The son of a minor composer who

held a position at the episcopal court
of Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
is the first composer in musical history
whose operas have never been out
of the repertory.

Early life and Education:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the youngest of seven children
born to parents Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Mozart nee Perti on 27
January 1756. The family travelled frequently, taking Wolfgang and Nannerl around
Europe to perform as child prodigies.The tour took them to
the courts of Munich, Mannheim, Paris, London, Dover, The Hague, Amsterdam,
Utrecht, Mechelen, back to Paris and then home via Zurch, Donaueschingen and
Munich..When Mozart began composing short pieces
of music at the age of four or five, he would play them to his father who would write
them down. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s compositions include operatic
composition punctuated by orchestral and chamber music, and concertos.

Famous Pieces:
His first documented composition, a Minuet and Trio in G major is listed as KV 1
(he eventually made it all the way up to KV 626, his Requiem) and was composed
when he was just five years old.

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 From one of the best known classical composers of his time, The Magic Flute (Die
Zauberflöte) was the last opera completed by WolfGang Amadeus Mozart before his
untimely death aged 35. Featuring one of Mozart’s most recognisable pieces of music

MOZART'S MUSICAL STYLE AND INFLUENCE:

Mozart’s musical forms in his mature operas was always determined by dramatic
requirements. He was the complete master of ensembles and act finales, examples of
which can be found in any of the Da Ponte operas. Whereas in the eighteenth century
his music was regarded as over-complicated and even erudite, in the nineteenth he
was considered too simple, even obvious for the prevailing romantic mood Shaw
described Mozart as ‘a vapidly tuneful infant phenomenon’).

It is only in the last century that the depth of his emotional world has been fully
recognised and appreciated. Mozart, like Shakespeare, is everywhere: he has featured
in fiction, drama and film (not least Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus), on television and even
in video games.

WolfGang AmadeusMozart family:

Karl Thomas Mozart
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Constanze Mozart
Later Life:
The final years of Mozart’s life were a time of great productivity. He composed
works such as his Clarinet Concerto, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, Ave Verum
Corpus, Lacrimosa and Requiem in D Minor.Mozart’s final months in 1791 were
dominated by two equally rich operatic works:The Magic Flute

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