Essay/Term paper: Mozart

Essay, term paper, research paper:  Culture

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, voilinist, 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.