Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. His father Leopold was a great violinist and composer. Wolfgang showed an interest in music from a very early age. Leopold encouraged him to learn the harpsichord and from the first day, the boy showed incredible talent. At the age of five years old, he was composing music and soon afterwards he was a keyboard virtuoso. His sister Maria Ana was also a fine musician. In 1765, Leopold took his two children on a performance tour of Munich and Vienna.
Mozart soon became well-known in all Austria. Everywhere, people were astonished by his musical talent. He could play the piano and violin as well as the harpsichord. He was writing keyboard pieces, oratories, symphonies and operas. His first majo
r work was performed in Milan in 1770, when he was only fourteen. He was a great hero for young people, who whistled the tunes from The Marriage of Figaro when they walked down the street.
The Archbishop of Salzburg heard about the young Mozart and invited him to be his orchestra Konzertmeister when he was still only fifteen. The world was at Mozart's feet. He was writing a huge amount of music and earning enough money to live well. He worked in Salzburg for nearly ten years, but he didn't like the archbishop. The composer was restless and needed a change.
In 1781, he left his post and moved to Vienna. He loved Vienna and was in great demand as a performer and composer. Other composers asked him to teach them. His first opera, The Abduction from the Seraglio, was a hit. His fame spread. The performance of Don Giovanni took place in Prague. The Czechs loved Mozart-they still do. Today you can see performances of Don Giovanni in the original setting of the first performance.
In 1782, he met Constanze Weber and asked her to marry him. Life wasn't easy after their marriage. Mozart was a poor businessman and he never had enough money. For the next ten years, his music was not always popular, and he became poorer and poorer. In 1788 he stopped performing in public, but continued to compose. A nobleman asked him to compose a requiem. His financial problems were over, perhaps. But he was already a very sick man and he died before he could finish the piece. When he died in 1791 at the age of thirty-five, he was buried in a paper's grave.
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