Composer

One of the most appreciated musical geniuses in history was Wolfgang Amadues Mozart. In Slazburg Austria in January 27, 1756 Mozart was born. Mozart’s was brought up in a family that enjoyed music Leopold Mozart, which was Mozart’s father was a business mined composer, violinist and an assistant concert master at the Salzburg court. Because Mozart grew up in the music life he was naturally attracted to music. When he was five years old, Mozart started to compose small and beautiful melody numbers. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) When Mozart’s father started to see that his children had talent he decided to showcase their talent in front of the world. When Mozart turned six he and his sister started to perform in concerts in the European Courts. This was going so well that they began many performances in major cities where they began to meet many other music lovers. During this time they even performed in front of the Bavarian elector, royal families, and the Austrian empress. When Mozart and his sister played the piano and the violin their audiences enjoyed their performances so much that they were tied to their chairs. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) At the age of nine Mozart wrote and published his first symphony. He became so popular so fast that when his tour ended in 1766 he and his family set out for another tour in Vienna right away. He began to have problems with his tour and cut it short so he could start concentrating on improving and learning new skill in music so he did not go on another tour in till 1770. In 1770 Mozart started a new tour in Italy he was so successful that he toured Italy three times. While he was in tour Mozart wrote two famous operas called Mitridate NAD Lucia Silla. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) Mozart saw himself as having a high potential when it had come to his music ability. He believed that as long as he stayed in Salzburg, he would not reach this high ability. In 1777 his mother and he set out for Munich and Mannheim where the result ended up being no good so than he moved to Paris to see if he could find his way there. Unfortunately Mozart’s mother died in Paris and he became alone and was not able to become a good composer in Paris also. So Mozart headed back home to his father, and there his father helped him gain a high level of post. For the next couple of years he worked at the Court and played at the Courts and the Cathedrals. He also had a lot of activity in concert serenades and composed music dramas; also he kept creating symphonies and composing them. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) Even though Mozart kept very busy with concerts, operas and music composition for dramas he was still able to write beautiful music compositions, which became masterpieces of his work. Mozart began to receive golden opportunities to make a fortune with his music that he created. Soon after he got these opportunities he began to go public and played at many public music functions where he received an opportunity to publish his work and to start teaching others music. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) When Mozart published his sonatas and his music compositions he gained popularity by performing them in concerts. One of his most successful operas with many tones was Die Entfuhrun aus dem Seral in 1782. What made him successful also was that he managed his own concerts without any help he not only composed the music he also managed the orchestra. With all of his hard work Mozart earned enough money to be very comfortable, but he was not good with managing his money and saving for the future, which lead him to borrowing money from others when he needed it. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) On December 5 1791 Mozart died in Vienna. When he was living he composed hundreds of beautiful and unique music which included 20 operas, about 14 to 15 Masses, 30 to 40 concerts, 50 to 60 symphonies and about 20 sonatas. Even after his death his music has still been kept alive and he has remained as one of the most favorite musicians for millions of people today. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) Many of Mozart’s work were written on commission or it was written as a gift to friends. The last symphony that Mozart wrote was symphony no. 40 it is the best known and is a favorite to most people today. This symphony was not published during his life time. The reason why most people like this symphony is because Mozart chooses the g minor, rarely did he use this key but it brought a strong performance for cheerier keys. When he wrote this he was trying to hide his expression of his decline in fortune. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) During the other part of the symphony he used the E flat major, which was what Mozart usual used, with this it became placid, pulsating accompaniment on repeated pitches and its recurring chirping figures. With the comforting familiarity of the rhetoric was a harmonic background that creates a tension between the major and the minor mode. With this classical symphony there is a good measure of its origin as an uncomplicated dance form, which gives a moment of repose to relax than it slows to the second movement which results in a stern D minor and soon becomes engaged in a almost academic imitative argument which only has the trio offering a brief untroubled moment. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) At the end the minor mode is firmly grounded, which makes the sudden appearance of the triumphal horn calls surprising. With these heroic gestures from some other world it seems only inevitable that it should come back into the musical texture, which is unable to make much of an impact as long as there remains a hand more weighty business to conduct. (Buzzle.com, 2000-2011) Works Cited Buzzle.com. (2000-2011). Biography of Mozart. Retrieved 02 13, 2011, from Buzzle.com: http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/1-29-2005-64987.asp