Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756-1791)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his
strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His
abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so
that in 1762 at the age of six, his father took him with his elder
sister on a concert tour to Munich and Vienna and a second one from
1763-66 through the south of Germany, Paris and London. Mozart was
celebrated as a wonder child everywhere because of his excellent piano
playing and his improvisations.
In 1769 he became the concertmaster of the Archbishop and was knighted by the Pope in Rome. Working in Salzburg he nevertheless travelled around Europe to meet other composers and orchestras. But in 1781 after a dispute with the Archbishop he left Salzburg and went to Vienna where he married Constanze Weber from Mannheim. In Vienna he also started his friendship with Joseph Haydn and a time of many work pieces. In the last year of his life, for example, he wrote one of his masterpieces, "Die Zauberflöte". Although some of his operas were successful he could not make money from this and died in poverty at the age of 35, having even on his last day worked on a "Requiem". He was buried in a communal grave which could not be precisely identified years later.
In 1769 he became the concertmaster of the Archbishop and was knighted by the Pope in Rome. Working in Salzburg he nevertheless travelled around Europe to meet other composers and orchestras. But in 1781 after a dispute with the Archbishop he left Salzburg and went to Vienna where he married Constanze Weber from Mannheim. In Vienna he also started his friendship with Joseph Haydn and a time of many work pieces. In the last year of his life, for example, he wrote one of his masterpieces, "Die Zauberflöte". Although some of his operas were successful he could not make money from this and died in poverty at the age of 35, having even on his last day worked on a "Requiem". He was buried in a communal grave which could not be precisely identified years later.
