How Did Mozart Influence The World

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Music has always been apart of history for as long as it’s been recorded. It has influenced mankind in every country and culture to ever exist. Mozart is a prime example of the effects of music and it’s effects on every person on the Earth, and proof of the presence of Classical works still popular today.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27, 1756 in Austria. His parents came from good standing, and music had always been apart of life for them. His father
Leopold was the author of a violin playing manual which later became famous. Because of the success of his father, you could say that music was in Mozart’s blood.
At only three years old, Mozart was able to listen, and pickout chords on the harpsichord, and at four he was playing short songs. By five he was composing …show more content…

He and his father traveled to Italy at a young age, the Paris and Vienna later on. Throughout his European travels, he was loved everywhere. People could not get enough of his works.
Mozart’s musical style is classical, and in the Baroque period of time. Because of his versatility, Mozart could create any mood, or complexities that he so desired. He took styles that others had built, and created his own unique and original piece, with a much higher depth. He wanted clarity, and balance, two things in which he clearly achieved. Mozart is a prime example of how music effects everyone.Though Wolfgang’s death came at a very young age, his works are in the hundreds. To this day, music is still being discovered that he had once written. The last known number was 571 pieces of work.
The music in the Baroque period which was composed by this incredible artist was evidently loved and cherished by the world. But what about today? It is said that it is out of style or date. Or that only certain people with the right “ear” for it listen

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