Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart
1756 - 1971

W.A. MOZART
1756-1791
Fu
ll name: Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Gottlieb Mozart
Bi
rth place: Salzburg, Austria
Bi
rth date: January 27, 1756
Pa
rents: Leopold Mozart (composer, violinist, concertmaster) and

Anna Maria

Pertl
Si
bling: Maria Anna Mozart

SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

W.A. MOZART AS A CHILD

Age 3-5: Played the

keyboards and clavier;
composed minuets
Teenage years:
mastered the piano,
violin, and harpsichord

At age 8 (1764), he came to

London
where played in public, and
before
George III and his Queen. To the
Queen
he dedicated six sonatas, and got
fifty
guineas for them

In the year 17631766, Mozart ,

together with his
father and his sister
were able to tour
Europe. Mozart was
able to play for Louis
XV at Versailles
during this trip.

Mozart was able to

complete his first
opera entitled, La
Finta Semplice ( The
Simple Pretense) in
the year 1768.

In the year 1772,

Mozart was appointed
concertmaster in the
orchestra of the
Archbishop of
Salzburg. He was able
to write many sacred
works during this
period.

Mozart was married

to Constanze Weber
in Vienna's St.
Stephen's Cathedral
in the year 1782.

On April of the year

1787, Ludwig Van
Beethoven arrives
in Vienna to study
with Mozart.

On the day of his final

public concert,
Mozart played his
last piano concerto,
No.27 in B flat.

In the year 1791, Mozart

started to compose the
Requiem. Due to
overwork in composing
this piece, Mozart
suffered from depression
and delusions that he has
been poisoned.

On December 4,
1791, Mozart gave
his pupil, Sssmayr
instructions on how
to complete the
Requiem. Mozart
died the day after.

YEARS OF TRAVEL
ozart's musical ability started to
become apparent when he was
a toddler. Mozart received
intensive musical training from
his father. He developed very
rapidly and began to compose
his own works at the age of five.

uring his young years, Mozart

completed several journeys in
Europe, beginning with an
exhibition in 1762 at the Court
of the Prince of Bavaria in
Munich, then in the same year
at the imperial Court in Vienna.

Then a long concert tour took him

with his father to the courts of
Munich, Mannheim, Paris, London,
The Hague, again to Paris and
back home via Zurich,
Donaueschingen, and Munich.
They went to Vienna again in late
1767 and remained there until
December 1768.

During the first of these trips he met in Bologna G.B.

Martini, and was accepted as a member of the
famous Accademia Filarmonica.

A highlight of the Italian journey, which became a

semi-legendary tale about Mozart, occurred when he
listened to Gregorio Allegris Miserere once in
performance, then wrote it out in its entirety from
memory (he returned a second time to correct minor
errors).

In September 1777 Mozart began a

tour of Europe, accompanied only by
his mother, that took them to Munich,
Mannheim and Paris (where she died).

During his trips, Mozart met a great

number of musicians, and knew the works
of other great composers. Even nonmusicians caught his attention: he was so
taken by the sound created by Benjamin
Franklins Glass harmonica, he composed
several pieces of music for it.

J.S. Bach
Joseph Haydn

G.F. Handel

Works and Compositions

Symphonies - 41 symphonies,
including many that are
considered masterpieces and
"cornerstones" of the
symphonic repertoire, such as:
Haffner Symphony (No. 35 in
D)
Linz Symphony (No. 36 in C)
Prague Symphony (No. 38 in D)
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
Jupiter Symphony (No. 41 in C)

Operas & Solo Vocal Music

Mozarts works for solo voice are
among the greatest and most
important works for voice ever
composed, including:
The Marriage of Figaro
The Magic Flute Don Giovanni
Cosi fan tutte
Exsultate, Jubilate

Choral Music
Masses and Other Liturgical
Choral Works that are
considered to be among the
most important works in
the choral repertoire,
including:
Requiem K. 626
Mass in C Minor (The
Great) K. 427
Ave Verum Corpus K. 618

Piano Music
Mozart's works for solo piano
form one of the cornerstones
of solo piano repertoire, including:
18 Piano Sonatas
27 Piano Concerts
16 sets of Variations for Solo Piano
Dozens of Miscellaneous Works

Chamber Music
String Quartets, Sonatas and
Serenades for string
instruments,
wind instruments
and combinations of both
that are considered to be
among the most important
works in their
respective repertoires

Taken as a whole, the

works of Mozart represent,
perhaps, the single most
important contribution to
the musical repertoire by
any composer in history.

Mozarts influence on all

subsequent Western art music is
deep and profound. Beethoven
wrote his own early
compositions in the shadow of
Mozart. Franz Joseph Haydn,
who was 24 years older than
Mozart and outlived him by
another 18 years, wrote
"posterity will not see such a
talent as Mozart again