Mozart opera biography
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. His father, Leopold Mozart, a noted composer, instructor, and the author of famous writings on violin playing, was then in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg. Leopold and Anna Maria, his wife, stressed the importance of music to their children. Together with his sister, Nannerl, Wolfgang received such intensive musical training that by the age of six he was a budding composer and an accomplished keyboard performer. In 1762 Leopold presented his son as performer at the imperial court in Vienna, Austria, and from 1763 to 1766 he escorted both children on a continuous musical tour across Europe, which included long stays in Paris, France, and London, England, as well as visits to many other cities, with appearances before the French and English royal families.
Mozart was the most celebrated child prodigy (an unusually begåvad child) of this time as a keyboard performer. He also made a great impressio
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer (1756–1791)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[a][b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoires. Mozart is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture".
Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. At age five, he was already competent on keyboard and violin, had begun to compose, and performed before europeisk royalty. H
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1756
Wolfgang Amadè Mozart was born on the 27th of January, as the son of Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart. Leopold Mozart works as a concertmaster at the archiepiscopal Salzburg court.
1759
Wolfangang Amadè Mozarts first musical activities
1761
Mozarts first composition, a Minuet for Harpsichord (KV1), dates back to this year. Leopold Mozart tutors both Wolfgang and his sister Nannerl not only in music, but also in the main subjects.
1762
First journey and concert before the Bavarian Elector Maximilian II, held in Munich. In autumn they did their first journey to Vienna, where Wolfgang gave a concert in the presence of the Empress Maria Theresa.
1763
Leopold Mozart started a long tour of Western Europe with his children. During their concerts, Nannerl and Wolfgang were acclaimed as musical geniuses, even at the French, English and Dutch courts.
1764
Two Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin (KV 6 e 7), the first works attributed to Mozart, were published in Paris