Born - January 27, 1756in Salzburg, Austria

Died - December 5, 1791at the age of 35

Birthplace - Salzburg, Austria

Mozart was one of seven children however, only one other sibling survived, his older sister, Maryanne. Her nickname

was Nannerel.

Both exhibited unusual musical

abilities at an early age and,

with guidance and instruction from

their father, Leopold,

performed regularly in front

of royalty.

Another important force in Mozart’s

life was his mother Anna

Maria.

Family portrait

Mozart was known as a child prodigy

A prodigy is a person with exceptional

talents far beyond what is normal for

someone of that age.

Note: He learned to speak 15 different

languages throughout his lifetime

At three years old he began playing the

piano.At age five he wrote

his first piece of music.

By age six he had taught himself how to play the violin without ever having received

a lesson..

By age eight, he wrote his first

symphony.

And by age twelve he wrote his first opera.

In his lifetime, he wrote 626 pieces of

music.

An easy way to remembersome of the numbers

When did he start playing the piano? 3When did he write his 1st piece of music? 5When did he write his 1st symphony? 8How old was he when he died? 35

FREAKY !!

He was able to write this

incredible amount of music because

he was born with 2 special gifts.

Perfect Pitch&

Photographic Memory

Perfect Pitch

The ability to name the letter of a pitch simply by hearing it, or the ability to

produce any pitch referred to by name.

Photographic Memory

The ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy

and in seemingly unlimited volume.

As Wolfgang was growing up, his father took him and his sister

Maryanne on tours of Europe.

Eventually, they went to Italy, the center of musical

activity in the 1700’s

As Mozart reached his 20’s, he grew

apart from his father.

At the age of 26, he married

Constanze Weber.They had 6

children, but only two sons survived past childhood.

In 1783 in the city of Linz (Austria's third

largest city), Count Thun, announced a concert of

Mozart's music. However, the situation was awkward because Mozart had no music prepared to play, and the concert was only

four days away.

Mozart wrote to his father: "As I have not a single symphony with me, I am writing a new

one at breakneck speed.“

Against all odds, the work was finished in

time.It is now known as:

SYMPHONY NO. 36 IN C, "LINZ" K.425

Wolfgang’s music

showed an amazing

amount of sophisticatio

n.

Many of his works show

no corrections

of any kind.

About His Music

By the time Mozart was in his 30’s, he

worked all the time. As much as 15 hours a

day writing music.Eventually, his hands became so deformed from writing that he couldn’t even cut his

own food

The final years

What was the cause of his death?

On November 20, 1791, Mozart unexpectedly took ill - developing a high fever, headache, sweats, and severe

swelling and pain in his hands and legs.

Mozart’s Death

On December 5, just fifteen days after the

onset of the illness, the great musician suffered a convulsion, lapsed into

a coma and died.

Mozart's death is believed to have been caused by rheumatic

fever and kidney failure.

Mozart’s Death

An American researcher found evidence that

trichinosis -- an illness he would have

contracted from eating undercooked pork--was the most likely cause of

Mozart's demise.

Mozart’s Death

Mozart died on December 5, 1791 at

the age of 35.Because Mozart died

with very little money, he was given a commoners (or

paupers) funeral.It was years later that his grave was marked

with a tombstone.

Mozart’s Death

Interesting FactWe do not know where Mozart is buried. We

know he was buried in St. Marx cemetery in

Vienna, Austria, but we do not know exactly

where. For this reason, there are 2 grave sites.

This one,

Mozart’s Death

and this is the other

Mozart’s Death

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT MUSIC. WE STILL LOVE TO LISTEN

TO IT TODAY!!