I'm writing my paper on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I will be talking

about his life and his music. I will tell you a little bit about his father, wife,

and son.

Mozart was the leading composer of the Classical Age. He wrote

many different types of music. He was the best composer of his time.

Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. He was

around music his entire life. By the age of three, he had begun to show a

love of music. He would listen to his sister play the piano for hours at a

time. Then he would get up on the bench and try it himself. He loved to

watch and learn from his sister.

When Mozart was five, he was already doing plays. He took part in a

comedy called Sigismundus Hungariae Rex. Just after this he began to

travel around Europe to play pieces of his music for kings. By this time in

his life, he was already composing operas for the theartre.

Mozart composed over six-hundred pieces, some of which he

composed by the age of fourteen. He appreciated music because his

father also loved and appreciated music. His father's name was Leopold.

Leopold was a great composer as well as a leader of a social party. Mozart

and his father traveled together to play music. His sister Nannerl, whom

Mozart had listened to in his child years, usually came along to support

and cheer for her little brother.

Leopold and Mozart had different styles of music. Leopold only

composed religious music. Mozart wrote operas, symphonys, church

music, concertos, and also serenades. He excelled in all types of music.

Mozart never rewrote any of his work. It was always perfect the first

time. He never recopied his work either. There was only one original copy

of each of his works. Now of course they have been recopied and sold in

stores for other musicians today.

People loved to be around Mozart. He had a wonderful sense of

humor. He loved to make people laugh, or at least try to. On the other

hand, Mozart was sometimes depressed and mad. He would sit in his room

and just write music all day.

Mozart's music was mostly cheerful. He also composed deeply

serious music. He was able to write anything he wanted to. He would just

set his mind to it and compose away. He loved music.

At this time, the piano was very new. It was played widely by

amateur composers. Mozart greatly contributed to making the piano forte

a very popular instrument.

By the time he was in his late twenties, Mozart was traveling a lot.

He would play for royalty, the rich, and also the public. He would travel so

often that it eventually affected his health. He would become very sick at

times.

Mozart had a wife and son. His wife was Constanze Mozart. Her

maiden name was Weber. She was born in Zell, Austria. She died an old

woman in Salzburg in the year 1842.

Mozart's son was named Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart. He was later

known as Wolfgang Amadeus, after his father. He was born the year his

father died in Vienna in 1791. He died at the age of fifty-three in Carlsbad

in 1844.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna in 1791. He died in his

bed from pnemonia. His wife and family could not afford a proper burial

so they threw him in a large hole with ten other people. He was wrapped in

cloth so he wouldn't rot and smell bad. He was buried in an unmarked

grave. Even today nobody knows where he rests in peace. We will

probably never know.

I think that Mozart was an interesting man. I enjoy listening to his

symphonys and operas when I get the chance to. I would definetly

recommend doing a report on Mozart to a frien. He was a pretty neat

person.

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