Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• By
• Joy Agre

Teachers Page
His Life
His Music
Questions
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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartHis Life

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg,
  Austria, on January 27, 1756. His father,
  Leopold, was a composer and violinist. His
  sister, Nannerl, learned to play the piano when
  Mozart was 3 years old. From that age on, he was
  interested in learning about music. His father
  eventually taught him to play piano. Mozart
  taught himself to play the violin.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Wolfgang Mozart composed his first pieces for
  keyboard at age 5. He was an excellent pianist
  and often his sister would sing while he played.
  Their father arranged a European concert tour for
  his two children to show off the talents of his
  children. The young Mozart amazed concertgoers
  with his ability to play and compose long
  compositions. Soon he became known as the
  Wonder Boy.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• He returned to Salzburg and continued composing.
  He had written his first symphony before his
  ninth birthday and his first opera by the age of
  twelve. Mozarts music is a combination of
  German and Italian styles because of his fathers
  excellent teaching and the many visits to the
  musical centers of Europe.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• At the age of twenty-six, he married Constanze
  Weber and the couple had two sons. Unfortunately
  for his family, Mozarts work was not always
  valued and often they fell upon hard times.
  Shortly after he finished his famous opera The
  Magic Flute, Mozart was asked to compose a
  requiem mass for a special funeral even though
• he himself was very ill.
• He died within two weeks at the age of
  thirty-six. Because he died very poor, he was
  buried in an unmarked paupers grave.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartHis Music

• Mozart wrote music for all combinations of
  chamber orchestra, strings, and winds, as well as
  symphonies, operas and major works for the piano
  and solo violin. In all, more than six hundred
  compositions were collected and cataloged by
• L. von Kochel. That is why the K is used to
  identify Mozarts work.

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Mozart - Questions

• 1. What country did Mozart come from?
• 2. How old was Mozart when he first began writing
  music?
• 3.What was the name of an opera he wrote? And
  What happened right after he finished it?
• 4. What instruments did Mozart play?
• 5. Who in Mozarts family were also musical?

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartTeachers Page

• Mozart and His Life biography pages can be read
  aloud together as a class. Then use the
  questions to provoke thought and discussion about
  Mozarts life. On another day, after more
  discussion about Mozart, the questions can be
  used individually as an assessment tool.
• Clips of Mozarts music (from external sources)
  can be listened to after reading about Mozart and
  his music.
• The Mozart Mad Lib (a separate listing under MAP
  attack) can be done on another day. First have
  the students individually write down their
  answers to the categories. Then as a class go
  through the Mad Lib with students filling in the
  blanks aurally with their answers. They will get
  a big kick out of the funny story it tells. On
  yet another day, you could have students write
  the story with all of their answers filling in
  the blanks. After doing the story as a class,
  read the real story with the correct answers
  about Mozarts life.