Who Was Wolfgang Mozart?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musician

capable of playing multiple instruments who
started playing in public at the age of 6.
Over the years, Mozart aligned himself with a
variety of European venues and patrons,
composing hundreds of works that included
sonatas, symphonies, masses, chamber music,
concertos and operas, marked by vivid
emotion and sophisticated textures.
 Family and childhood
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January
1756.
• He was the youngest of seven children, five of whom
died in infancy. His elder sister was Maria Anna Mozart
(1751–1829). Mozart was baptised the day after his
birth, at St. Rupert's Cathedral in Salzburg.
• He generally called himself "Wolfgang Amadè
Mozart"[3] as an adult, but his name had many
variants.
• Mozart was raised a Roman Catholic and remained a
devout member of the church throughout his life.
Mozart’s birthplace, Salzburg. Mozart aged 14 in January 1770
(School of Verona)
 Final illness and death
 Mozart fell ill while in Prague for the premiere, on 6
September 1791, of his opera La clemenza di Tito,
which was written in that same year on commission for
the Emperor's coronation festivities. He continued his
professional functions for some time and conducted
the premiere of The Magic Flute on 30 September. His
health deteriorated on 20 November, at which point he
became bedridden, suffering from swelling, pain, and
vomiting.
 Mozart died in his home on 5 December 1791 (aged
35) at 12:55 am.
 List of works
• IL SOGNO DI SCIPIONE (composed in 1772)
• DON GIOVANNI (composed in 1787)
• COSI FAN TUTTE (composed in 1790)
• LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (composed in 1791)

Playbill for the opening performance of Die Zauberflöte, 30

September 1791