MOZART
MOZART
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Austria, lived from 1756 to 1791. Renowned as a musical prodigy, he composed over 600 works, spanning symphonies, operas, concertos, and chamber music. Mozart spent much of his early career touring Europe, performing for royalty and nobility. Later, he achieved significant acclaim in Vienna, where he composed some of his most famous operas and symphonies. Despite his untimely death at 35, Mozart's influence on classical music remains profound and enduring.
FIVE FUN FACTS
ABOUT MOZART
1. Mozart was a child prodigy and wrote his first piece of music when he was only 5 years old!
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Born in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was actually christened Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Until 1769, he signed his name Gottleib (the German version of Theophilus). From there on out he used “Amadeo” (or, Amadeus).
3. Over his short life, he composed over 600 works.
4. Incidentally, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is an anagram for “A famous German waltz god.”
5. In 1768, when he was twelve, rumors were circulating that young Mozart was a fraud, and his father Leopold was actually writing his compositions—giving a whole new meaning to “Crying Wolf.” To prove his prodigiousness, Wolferl (as his family called him) whipped up a spontaneous comic opera called, “La Finta Semplice” to satisfy naysayers, and to restore commission payments from the Archbishop of Salzburg.