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- 2. Born: January 27, 1756 Birthplace: Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg.
- 4. Wife: Maria Constanze C辰cilia Josepha Johanna Aloysia Mozart (n辿e Weber)
- 5. The couple had six children, of whom only two survived infancy. Raimund Leopold (17 June 19 August 1783) Karl Thomas Mozart (21 September 1784 31 October 1858) Johann Thomas Leopold (18 October 15 November 1786) Theresia Constanzia Adelheid Friedericke Maria Anna (27 December 1787 29 June 1788) Anna Maria (b/d 16 November 1789) Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (26 July 1791 29 July 1844)
- 6. He was the youngest of seven children, five of whom died in infancy
- 7. Mozart was baptized the day after his birth, at St. Rupert's Cathedral in Salzburg.
- 8. The baptismal record gives his name in Latinized form, as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
- 9. He was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
- 10. Maria Anna "Nannerl Mozart, his sister, said, In the fourth year of his age his father, for a game as it were, began to teach him a few minuets and pieces at the clavier.
- 11. At three he was picking out chords on the harpsichord, at four playing short pieces, at five composing.
- 12. He could play it faultlessly and with the greatest delicacy, and keeping exactly in time.
- 13. At the age of five, he was already composing little pieces, which he played to his father who wrote them down.
- 14. In his early years, Wolfgang's father was his only teacher. Along with music, he taught his children languages and academic subjects.
- 15. His first ink- spattered composition and his precocious efforts with the violin were of his initiative and came as a surprise to Leopold,
- 16. While Wolfgang was young, his family made several European journeys in which he and Nannerl performed as child prodigies. The siblings traveled to the courts of Paris, London, The Hague, and Zurich.
- 17. During this trip, Wolfgang met many musicians and acquainted himself with the works of other composers.
- 18. When he was eight years old, Mozart wrote his first symphony, most of which was probably transcribed by his father.
- 19. The family again went to Vienna in late 1767 and remained there until December 1768.
- 20. After one year in Salzburg, Leopold and Wolfgang set off for Italy, leaving Anna Maria and Nannerl at home. This tour lasted from December 1769 to March 1771.
- 21. The Italian outing was longer than the others (1769-1771) as Leopold wanted to display his sons abilities as a performer and composer to as many new audiences as possible.
- 22. The first tour, begun on December 13, 1769, and lasting 15 months, took them to all the main musical centers, but as usual they paused at any town where a concert could be given or a nobleman might want to hear Mozart play.
- 23. Mozart heard the Sistine Choir in the famous Miserere of Gregorio Allegri (15821652), which was considered the choirs exclusive preserve but which Mozart copied out from memory.
- 24. He wrote out the entire score from memory, returning only to correct a few minor errors.
- 25. Back in Salzburg, Mozart had a prolific spell: he wrote eight symphonies, four divertimentos, several substantial sacred works, and an allegorical serenata, Il sogno di Scipione.
- 26. Probably intended as a tribute to the Salzburg prince-archbishop, Count Schrattenbach, this work may not have been given until the spring of 1772, and then for his successor Hieronymus, Count Colloredo; Schrattenbach, a tolerant employer generous in allowing leave, died at the end of 1771.
- 27. The third and last Italian journey lasted from October 1772 until March 1773. Lucio Silla (Lucius Sulla), the new opera, was given on December 26, 1772, and after a difficult premiere (it began three hours late and lasted six) it proved even more successful than Mitridate, with 26 performances.
- 28. The year 1774 saw the composition of more symphonies, concertos for bassoon and for two violins (in a style recalling J.C. Bach), serenades, and several sacred works.
- 29. Mozart was now a salaried court Konzertmeister, and the sacred music in particular was intended for local use.
- 30. At the end of the year he was commissioned to write an opera buffa, La finta giardiniera (The Feigned Gardener Girl), for the Munich carnival season, where it was duly successful.
- 31. Around 1786 he had ceased to appear frequently in public concerts, and his income shrank. This was a difficult time for musicians in Vienna because of the Austro-Turkish War
- 32. Mozart began to borrow money, most often from his friend and fellow mason Michael Puchberg.
- 33. Major works of the period include the last three symphonies (Nos. 39, 40, and 41, all from 1788), and the last of the three Da Ponte operas, Cos狸 fan tutte, premiered in 1790.
- 34. Mozart's last year was, until his final illness struck, a time of high productivityand by some accounts, one of personal recovery.
- 35. He composed a great deal, including some of his most admired works: the opera The Magic Flute; the final piano concerto (K. 595 in B); the Clarinet Concerto K. 622; the last in his series of string quintets (K. 614 in E); the motet Ave verum corpus K. 618; unfinished Requiem K. 626.
- 37. it appears that wealthy patrons in Hungary and Amsterdam pledged annuities to Mozart in return for the occasional composition.
- 38. Mozart no longer borrowed large sums from Puchberg and made a start on paying off his debts.
- 39. Mozart fell ill while in Prague for the premiere, on 6 September 1791, of his opera La clemenza di Tito, which was written in that same year on commission for the Emperor's coronation festivities
- 40. His health deteriorated on 20 November, at which point he became bedridden, suffering from swelling, pain, and vomiting.
- 41. Mozart was nursed in his final illness by his wife and her youngest sister and was attended by the family doctor, Thomas Franz Closset.
- 42. He was mentally occupied with the task of finishing his Requiem, but the evidence that he dictated passages to his student Franz Xaver S端ssmayr is minimal.
- 43. Mozart died in his home on 5 December 1791 (aged 35) at 12:55 a.m.
- 44. The death certificate states he died of severe miliary fever.