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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born January 27, 1756; died December 5, 1791) was arguably the most naturally gifted musician in history, but he also worked assiduously to become far and away the greatest composer, pianist, violinist and conductor of his day – it was not just in one area of music that he was supreme, but in all fields.
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There has never been a child prodigy in musical history to rival Mozart. He could compose and play the piano and the violin by the time he was six. His father Leopold was a composer and violinist in the service of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, hoping
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Young Prodigies
Today’s protagonist was called ‘the highest, [and] the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music’. Or even “The musical Christ”
These opinions do not come from just any classical music enthusiast, but from some guy called Tchaikovsky, who knew one thing or two about composition. He was referring to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, possibly the greatest musical genius to ever grace our ears and souls.
Here at Biographics, we admit that we don’t have the necessary knowledge to analyze in depth Mozart’s compositions. We will do our best however to cover his short, yet incredibly eventful life … and we will also debunk a couple of myths along the way.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg on January 27, 1756. He was the seventh child of Anna Maria and Leopold, composer for the local prince-archbishop, Count Schrattenbach.
The Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg was one of many small sovereign states within the Holy Roman Empire, and an extrem
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Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived from January 27, 1756, to månad 5, 1791,and was a musician (also known as a music composer), percussionist, and music educator.He was baptised with the full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophillus Mozart. He was Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart's youngest child. The city of Salzburg, which is now a part of Austria, was a free archbishopric city at the time of his birth, and it was a part of the Bavarian Imperial Circle/German Empire. The ung Mozart had exceptional musical skills at a ung age. For numerous years, he performed for royalty and the upper class of aristocracy while touring Europe with his parents and older sister "Nannerl."
Young Mozart attempted but failed to man a name for han själv as a composer in Paris. When he returned to Salzburg, he temporarily worked in the archbishop's court there. He felt Salzburg was too tiny for his skills and was aware of his brilliance. He moved to Vienna