mozart essay

Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January
27th,
1756. He was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl. Leopol was a
very
successful composer, violinist, and the assistant concertmaster
at the Salzburg
court. Mozart showed musical talent at a very young age. By age
five he was
composing minuets. And at age six he played before the Bavarian
Elector and
the Austrian Empress. His father taught him, but said teahcing
Wolfgang was
hard because he knew so much already. His father was also his
largest
influence. In 1763 Wolfgang’s father, Leopold, took him and his
sister, Maria
Anna, on a concert tour of Europe. The children performed in many
courts
and large cities including Paris, London, and Germany. They
astonished their
audiences wherever they performed. In London Wolfgang wrote his
first
symphonies and met Johann Christian Brahm, who had a very large
influence
on him. In Paris Wolfgang published his first works, four sonatas
for clavier
with accompanying voilin. In 1768 he composed his first opera, La
Finta
Semplice, which was presented for the first time a year later in
his home town

of Salzburg. In 1769 Wolfgang and his father set out on another
tour of Italy.
Here Wolfgang wrote a new opera, Mitridate ri de Ponto. He also
wrote two
more operas for Milan, Ascanio in Alba and Lucio Silla. Three
years later in
1772 Wolfgang was appointed concertmaster to the archbishop of
Salzburg,
his home town. He composed many works while he was concertmaster.
But
this job was not good for him and he did not get anolg with most
of the
people around him. So, he soon quit this job to travel to Paris
with his mother
and look for a new job. In 1777 Wolfgana and his mother, Maria
Anna, went
to Paris, France. While here Wolfgang composed many works
including The
Paris Symphony (1778). But, he could not find a permanent job
there. His
mother died in Paris this year and this upset Wolfgang very much.
He
returned to Salzburg in 1779 and was made the court organist. He
wrote
many church works then, including the famous Coronation Mass. He
was
supposed to write a new opera for Munich, Idomeneo. In 1781 he
was
called to Vienna by von Colloredo. His career in Vienna started
out

wonderfully. He was soon assigned to write The Abduction from the
Seralio
(1782). The emporer loved his music, and later got him the job of
court
composer. Mozart was now very popular in Vienna. That year he
married
Constenze Weber, from Germany. His father was not happy with this
decision. In 1783 the newly married couple visited Salzburg.
During this
period many of Mozart’s pieces that were composed in Vienna were
played.
(Such as Mass in C Minor and his greatest success, The Marriage
of Figaro,
which was composed for the Vienna opera.) After The Marriage of
Figaro
Mozarts career began doing very poorly, and he was in great debt.
The most
successful piece after Figaro was Don Giovonni (1787), which was
composed for Prauge. After this he composed Cosi Fotte (1790) and
The
Magic Flute (1791). He also composed his last three symphonies, E
Flat, G
Minor, and the Jupiter in C. In 1791 Mozart was assigned to write
a
requiem. His health was in bad shape at the time, but he still
worked hard on
the requiem. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on December 5th, 1791
in
Vienna, leaving the requiem unfinished. Some people think he dies
of

poisoning, but the most likely reasoning of his death is kidney
failure. After his
funeral he was buried in a pauper’s grave at Saint Marx Cemetary.
Mozart
was a very large influence on the Classical Music Era, and will
never be
forgotten.