Mozart's Relationship With His Father

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was the child of Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart, born on the 27th of January, 1756 and the brother of Maria Anna, one of the five siblings who have survived in his mother’s womb. Mozart is an Austrian composer who was familiar with various instruments since the age of four, played tremendously well at five by the teaching of his father, making his first public debut at eight. In fact, his father was the only person that helped guide him to where he wanted to be, musically, in his childhood. As a young boy, Mozart’s curiosity about the music world was already blossoming at a young age. Above all, he was more familiar with stringed instruments, such as the violin, or the cello. With access to the instruments, Mozart’s father was fascinated by the skill he has developed.

By 11 years old, Leopold Mozart, a parent and teacher to his own son, took him on many tours that included many different composers whom later seemed to have had an impact on Mozart’s work during his later life and as an individual. Although Mozart seemed to have fun watching and participating in such performances during tours, people of his family, including himself, fell sick on the road. Mozart and his family had to create readjustments to their performances, and even cancelled a few dates beforehand.
Even now, parents want the best for their sons, even daughters.

This was the case for Mozart and his father. Mozart’s father, Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, generally known as Leopold Mozart, had a very heartfelt, yet confusing relationship with his son - often characterized as two different worlds that are colliding with one another, along with a few misunderstandings. The heartfeltness comes from the help and contributions made by Leopold towards his son’s success; he has always been helping Mozart ever since he was a child. Leopold was the reason why Mozart began to play instruments and compose pieces at an unusual age. Though. As Mozart was growing up, Leopold still holds on to his son, which interfered against their relationship with one another. “Mozart's relationship with his father was one of love and mutual respect, but not subservience. He broke away from Leopold's control when he moved to Vienna” [1]. Further research states that the reason why Mozart caused so many “revolutions” against his father was because Mozart wanted to become dependent and stop relying so much on his father after he had become the business director of Mozart

himself.
The Patron of the Arts, also known as Emperor Joseph II, was a Roman emperor born in Austria who hired Mozart to become a regular at court. Mozart has written many successful pieces in this court and also had Emperor Joseph gain the title, “The Musical King” due to the difference structures and pieces Mozart has come up within the years. Before this, Emperor Joseph suggested that Mozart do an opera. Mozart was quite young when made this offer, which made Leopold rethink the whole situation out; being unsure about what’s going to come out of the audience - negative or positive energy, because the operas were written by a young boy.
Unfortunately, Mozart died at the age of 35 on December 5th, 1791. To researchers, Mozart’s death remains a mystery - meaning that nobody really knows what killed Mozart. There are a list of theories to what may have caused his passing - a lack of sunlight, poisoning, infections, cardiac diseases, and uremia, as well as vitamin D deficiency [9]. Being the most logical, a fever epidemic, where Mozart felt unwell on November 22nd, 1791 less than a month before his passing. According to Mozart’s Death - Murder, Accident, or Disease? it states, “the 14th day of his illness, his swelling had worsened to the extent that his entire body had gained 'Pillsbury Doughboy' proportions. With the swelling came nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, a persistent rash and an abominable reek which rose from his body to greet his visitors” [1] showing evidence that his illness never got better; it only worsened in those 14 days/up until the day he passed away. Poisoning also happens to be a rumor of Mozart’s cause of death. Mozart wrote a requiem for himself; “Mozart began to talk of death, and maintained that he was writing the Requiem for himself. Tears were in the eyes of this sensitive man. “I am only too conscious [that] my end will not be long in coming; for sure, someone has poisoned me! I cannot rid my mind of this thought” [11]. A requiem is a mass for souls of the dead. Though, when the burial of Mozart had its occurrence, his wife had bought the cheapest and most “seen” casket/funeral in Vienna. Mozart’s burial was not a pauper’s; meaning very poor.
Mozart’s famous compositions will never be forgotten because such compositions helped shape up the era of Classical music. His legacy will live on no matter what generation we’re in. One of the things that should not be forgotten is the play, Marriage of Figaro. Including librettos - words of an opera or other works. The play was revolutionary; some people enjoyed watching the play and some others thought differently about it because of the political views that depended upon the play. People hated the play, even Louis XVI was affected by Marriage of Figaro, and tried to have it never to be seen again, which, eventually did happen. During the era of time there were many little incidents in result to the play. Most described this as the “revolution in action”.