Tuesday, March 17, 2020

COMPOSER OF THE WEEK: 2. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART



Name: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born: 27 January 1756; Salzburg, Austria.
Die: 5 December 1791; Vienna, Austria.
Nationality: Austria

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer who was born on January 27, 1756 and died on December 5, 1791. As a composer of the Classical period, he left many works as well as one of the composers who was influential on Western music history.


Mozart's birthplace, Salzburg, Austria

Born in Salzburg, Mozart has been a genius since childhood. Already fluent in piano and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed in front of European royalty. 


Child Mozart

At the age of 17, Mozart worked as a composer in the Salzburg court, but his anxiety grew and he traveled to find a better position. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from the Salzburg position.


Mozart family (c. 1780), The portrait on the wall is Mozart's mother.

He decided to stay in Vienna, the capital of Austria, where he gained fame but was financially unstable. During the last few years in Vienna, Mozart composed many of his most famous symphonies, concertos, operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was mostly unfinished at the time of his early death of 35. The causes and backgrounds of his death have been much mythologized.


The music sheet from the Requiem in Mozart's handwriting

Mozart composed more than 600 works, many of which are considered as pinnacles of symphonies, concertos, chamber music, operas and choral music. He is one of the greatest and continuously popular classical composers, and his influence on Western music is profound.


Portrait of Constanze Mozart

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that "Posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years."

Mozarthaus Vienna



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