Mozart

=Mozart=

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptized as Johannes Chrystomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a composer in the classical era. Born on 27 January, 1756 to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria, he showed he was a prodigy from an early age. Being compitent on keyboard and violin, he performed in front of royalty at the age of 5, the same age as when he started to compose music. Growing up in his time was hard. Even just making it past infancy was hard. Mozart was the youngest of seven children, being one of the two that didn't die at a young age. Him and his sister Maria Anna, or 'Nannerl' as they nicknamed her, were both piano players. Him and Nannerl would travel all over Europe to play for royalty as musical prodegies. He fell in love with a woman Aloysia Weber, but moved to Paris and lost connection. A few years later he went back, only to find that she no longer loved him. So in April 1782, he married her sister, Constanze, and they had 6 children, 2 of whom survived infancy. As he got older, he started to get very sick. He ceased to appear in concerts and he started getting less pay. He started to borrow money and put his family in debt. in 1971, while traveling to look for a better home and/or job, he fell ill and died on 5 December, 1791 at the age of 35. He composed over 600 works, many being symphonies, operas, and overtures. When he was young, he longed to play more than just regular songs. He wanted to compose and play for the opera. Some of his most famous pieces are 'The Marraige of Figaro', 'The Magic Flute', and 'Don Giovanni'. Many are still known and played often at operas, orchestial performances, and even just on the streets for money. Mozart made a very huge impact on music, imagine if he had lived even 10 years longer.