Essay, Research Paper: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756. He was
known by two names, Wolfgang and Amadeus. His dad was a famous
composer, and his name was Leopold Mozart. Mozart was very gifted in
music since he was little. In fact, he is known as one of the greatest
musicians of all time. He was playing the keyboard at four, and he
composed his first pieces at age five.
As Mozart grew up, his father took his family on many tours to show
off their musical talent. They moved to Italy, but moved back to Salzburg
after a few months. His dad would take Mozart on trips to Italy, where
he d learn and gain more musical talent. It was those trips that made him
realize his unique style of composing. By 1772, he d written about 25
symphonies and his first quartets. No one understood Mozart s style of
music, because it was so much more complex than they were used to.
Therefore, they didn t appreciate it for nearly what it was worth. Ten years
later, in 1782, Mozart was married to Constance Weber. He had a happy
married life. Together, they had six children, but only two lived. Mozart
made his income by teaching. After a while, the two became financially
unstable, and had troubles paying their bills. Mozart had held the position
of court organist, and composed some of his best, and most famous
pieces while working there. However, members of the court became
tired of his new revolutionary style.
In 1791, Mozart was asked to write a Requiem (unfinished) to be
used at a funeral. Mozart became obsessed, thinking that this was for his
own funeral. It ended up being for his own, because he died of
unknown causes shortly after a 3-week fever. He died in 1791 at the age
of 35. Throughout his life, Mozart composed over 41 symphonies and
quartets. Some have still never been discovered. Some of his most
famous pieces were Requiem and Figaro.