Mozart

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Very rarely is there an entertainer that has so many incredible qualities to their music. There are very few that would actually die over their music. Many admired him, and so many wanted to be him. Only one musician can be called one artist is worthy enough to be known as the greatest artists of his era. This man is none other than Wolfgang Mozart, know for his very extravagant musical art pieces.

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophillus Amadeus Gottlieb Sigismundus Mozart (Latin form of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) was born at Nine Getreidegasse, Salzburg in January 27, 1756 to parents, Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria. Mozart’s middle names; Theophillus, Amadeus, Gottlieb, and Sigismundus mean the same thing only in different languages and means "Beloved of God." Mozart’s parents shortened his name when addressing him to Wolferl. Mozart was the seventh child in his family, unfortunately, five of Leopold's and Anna's children died during infancy. Mozart had a very musical background, his father, Leopold was a composer and was the fourth violinist for Count Leopold Anton von Firmian. Mozart always enjoyed being around instruments as his sister, Maria Anna "Nannerl" rehearsed on the violin and from this he shocked his family when he started to write his first piece of music at a very young age of six. Mozart started to compose music before he could write words on paper. Mozart's family moved endless around Europe and around trips, Mozart with his sister would worked Child Prodigies. They would work for three and a half long years, which spanned from London to Paris to Munich. Mozart's hard work finally paid off when he was accepted by Josef Myslivecek and Giovanni Battista Martini to perform in Accademia Filarmonica. In 1770, Moz...

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... died from a rheumatic fever. Mozart was put to rest in a common grave or commonly know a pauper's grave.

Although mozart might have been at the top of his game, he was deteriorating quickly. Even Mozart's biggest successes didn't impress his father, which Mozart tried so desperately to please. Leopold Mozart died in.....
Mozart created well over six-hundred musical pieces, this includes one-hundred-and-three minuets, fifty symphonies, twenty-seven concert arias, twenty-six string quartets, twenty-five piano concertos, twenty-one opera works, fifteen masses, and twelve violin concertos. Along with the massive amount of masterpieces that Mozart created, Mozart became one of the leading musicians of the Classical period. Mozart felt his music so much that he created copies of his work, instead he would remember the methody in his head and perform his work paperless!

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