- Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756.
- Birth name: Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophillus Amadeus Gottlieb Sigismundus Mozart.
- His family called him Wolferl.
- Parents: Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart.
- He could write music notes before he could write words.
- Wolgang Amadeus Mozart composed over 600 works.
- Mozart composed: 50 symphonies, 21 opera works, 103 minuets, 27 concert arias, 25 piano concertos, 26 string quartets, 12 violin concertos and 15 masses
- As an adult Mozart would compose music in his head during long, uncomfortable carriage rides, and store it in his brain until he could write it down.
- Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
- Mozart composed his first four-movement symphony in December 1767.
- Mozart was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons.
- Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his own early compositions in the shadow of Mozart.
- Mozart married Constanze Weber on August 4th 1782.
- His only sibling to survive past birth was Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829).
SOME QUOTES ABOUT MOZART
What gives Bach and Mozart a place apart is that these two great composers never sacrificed form to expression. As high as their expression may soar, their musical form remains supreme and all-efficient. Camille Saint-Saëns
Listening to Mozart, we cannot think of any possible improvement. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace. Johannes Brahms
I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death. Ludwig van Beethoven
Mozart's music is particularly difficult to perform. His admirable clarity exacts absolute cleanness: the slightest mistake in it stands out like black on white. It is music in which all the notes must be heard. Gabriel Fauré
Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head. Frédéric Chopin
In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct. Edvard Grieg
There are three things in the world I love most: the sea, Hamlet, and Don Giovanni. Gustave Flaubert
Mozart is happiness before it has gotten defined. Arthur Miller
