Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

By Giovanni Rodriguez

• born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria

• died December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria

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​Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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What city and country was Mozart born?

• Salzbury steak, Australia

• Salzburg, Austria

• London, England

• Hamburg, Germany

​A composer of the Classical Era

• Encouraged by his father, Leopold, Age 4 Wolfgang Mozart began playing the clavier

• age ten Wolfgang had written his first symphony.

• He could play any music put in front of him on the clavier, organ, or violin.

• He wrote his first opera at fourteen.

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What was the first instrument Mozart learned to play?

• piano

• Harpsichord

• Clavier

• Violin

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Mozart wrote his first Symphony at what age?

• 20

• 10

• 15

• 12

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What age did he write his first opera?

• 30

• 20

• 17

• 14

• Wolfgang was a child musical prodigy.

• His father, a violinist, guided Wolfgang’s career as a touring concert artist throughout Europe.

• Leopold wanted Wolfgang to become familiar with the various styles of music popular throughout Europe.

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• Wolfgang and his father were employed by  the  Archbishop  of  Salzburg—Leopold  as  an orchestra conductor and Wolfgang as a violinist. -

• The archbishop recognized Wolfgang’s talent and allowed father and son to take leaves of absence for concert tours.

• When the archbishop died, Wolfgang was fired. His Leopold remained as orchestra conductor

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Who was the one that guided Mozart in his journey of concert touring performances?

• his mother

• his father

• his cousin

• his employer

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Mozart and his father worked in this persons music court.

• Archduke of Weimar

• Archbishop of Salzburg

• Queen Elizabeth

• Queen of Austria

​On his own

• 1781 Age 25 Mozart moved to Vienna, Austria, and become a full-time composer and music teacher.

• he soon realized that he earned less money as a composer than as a performer.

• married in 1782, Constanze his wife, found it difficult to deal with his inability to make money as a composer. She encouraged him to seek a position as a court musician.​

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At age 25, Mozart set out to do what in Vienna, Austria

• Become a DJ

• Become the very best Banjo Player

• Be a full time composer and music teacher

• He went hunting for snipes

​Where did he work?

• job as the private musician to the emperor of Austria in

• As a court musician, Mozart was required to compose music for many occasions, both for public performances and for private gatherings hosted by the emperor.

• He continued in this position in Vienna, until his death, just four years later at the age of thirty-five.

• Eventually all the hard work of continuous composing and trying to make money caused his health to fail. He died a very poor, overworked musical genius.

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Who was he working for as a court musician?

• Emperor of Austria

• Emperor of Vienna

• Emperor of Texas

• Emperor of London

Mozart wrote hundreds of musical works,

• symphonies

• operas

• concertos

• oratorios

• solo works for clavier.

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​Mozart's Music

Mostly all performed in Vienna with great success.

• Mozart never had any difficulty in getting his music performed or published

• admired and appreciated by audiences in Vienna and throughout Europe.

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Which is not a musical work that Mozart wrote?

• madrigals

• operas

• concertos

• symphonies

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Where was Mozart's music mostly performed?

• Salzburg, Germany

• Vienna, Austria

• London, England

• Hamburg, Germany

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a short man with piercing eyes and long hair which he groomed carefully.

• He was outgoing, always friendly, and enjoyed the company of others.

• He is considered one of the greatest composers of the eighteenth century.

• He worked tirelessly as a composer and wrote a huge number of works during his short life.

​Mozart's Music

​The Marriage of Figaro — an opera

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His forty-one symphonies — for orchestra

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His twenty-one piano concertos for piano and orchestra

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His twenty-four string quartets for two violins, viola, and cello

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His keyboard music — for piano

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How many Symphonies did Mozart write?

• 60 symphonies

• 20 symphonies

• 40 symphonies

• 1 symphony

​The Magic Flute

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