Essay, Research Paper: Mozart

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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