Monday, 15 September 2014

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Born : January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Australia
Died: December 5, 1791 at the age of 35

Mozarts was one of seven children however, on,y one other sibling survived, his older sister Maryane. His sister were a good musician, both of them and show musical abilities. His mother Maria was important for their life.

Mozart was one as child prodigy. Prodigy is a person with talents beyond their age. He learnt to speak 15 different languages. 3 years old he started to play piano and age 5 he wrote his first piece of music. 6 years old he started to use violin. At age 8, he wrote his first symphony. Age 12, he wrote his first opera. In his lifetime he wrote 626 piece of music.

He was born with perfect pitch and photographic memory, which made him incredible in music. Perfect pitch is a ability to tell a letter of a pitch by telling it while not looking. Photographic memory is a ability to recall images, sounds or objects with great accuracy.

He went to italy in 1700's and there is the place to be, for musicians.

As Mozart reached his 20's, he grew apart from his father. At age 26 he married Constanze Weber. They had 6 children, but only 2 sons survived past childhood. 

Wolfgang's music showed an amazing of sophistication.

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