Mozart

Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in January 27th, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He died in December 5, 1791, at the age of 35. Mozart has 6 other siblings, although no other sibling survived but his sister, Maryanne. Mozart and his sister Maryanne both had amazing musical abilities at an early age but Mozart was more noticeable. Mozart was known as a child prodigy. A prodigy is a person with exceptional talents far beyond what is normal for someone their age, Mozart also learned 15 different languages throughout his lifetime. At three years of age he began to experiment with sounds on the piano, at age five he wrote his first piece of music, by the age of six he had taken violin, by the age of eight, he wrote his first symphony and by the age of twelve he wrote his first opera. In his entire lifetime he wrote 626 pieces of music.

Mozart was born with two special gifts, perfect pitch and photographic memory. When Mozart was 20 he parted ways from his father and when he was 26 he married Constanze Weber and had 6 kids but only 2 of them survived past their childhood.

Famous Compositions:
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
-Symphonies No. 25,40,41
-The Marriage of Figaro
-The Magic Flute
-Don Giovanni
-Twinkle Twinkle
-Requiem