Mozart Child Prodigy Born in Salzburg Austria on January 27 th 1756 His birthplace is now a Mozart museum Was competent on keyboard and violin by the age of 5 Started composing and performing for royalty at that time ID: 649891
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791Slide2
Mozart - Child Prodigy
Born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27th, 1756His birthplace is now a Mozart museum
Was competent on keyboard and violin by the age of 5. Started composing and performing for royalty at that time.
He was well traveled by the time he was a young man, and had met many royal families throughout his travels.
He met Johann Sebastian Bach during a visit to London.
His first symphony was composed at 8 years old.
He became a court musician in Salzburg at age 17
.
Settled in Vienna (the capital of Austria) as a freelance performer and composer.Slide3
Mozart in Vienna
Mozart met and befriended Joseph Haydn around 1784.They played impromptu string quartets together, and Mozart dedicated six quartets to Haydn.
Haydn said of Mozart to his father: “I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.”
Mozart and his wife
Constanze
had 6 children, of whom only two survived infancy.
They lived a rather lavish lifestyle, living in an expensive apartment and buying expensive instruments.
They didn’t save money, which later caused much hardship for the
Mozarts
.Slide4
Mozart’s Later Years
Mozart ceased to perform publicly, and his financial situation worsened.In 1791, Mozart produced some of his most famous works, and his financial situation began to improve.He fell in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and became bedridden, suffering from swelling, pain and vomiting.
He died on December 5
th
, 1971.
He was buried in a common grave, which was an individual grave for a “common” person.
There were memorial services and concerts in Vienna and Prague; Mozart’s popularity rose.
His body was lost; no one knows where he is officially buried.Slide5
Mozart By The Numbers
Mozart composed in the classical style (very similar to Haydn) and wrote over 600 pieces.He wrote:21 Operas
15 Masses (Catholic services set to music)
50 Symphonies
25 Piano Concertos
12 Violin Concertos
17 Piano Sonatas
26 String Quartets
27 Concert Arias (Stand alone pieces for a solo vocalist)Slide6
Mozart’s Music
Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik
Symphony No. 40 –
Mvt
. ISlide7
Mozart’s Music
The Marriage of Figaro - Overture
Rondo
alla
TurcaSlide8
Mozart’s Music
Lacrimosa from Requiem
Ave Verum CorpusSlide9
Mozart’s Music
Symphony No. 25 – Mvt.
I
Variations on
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarSlide10
Mozart’s Music
Violin Concerto No. 4 – Mvt
. I
Queen of the Night Aria from
The Magic Flute