Wolfgang Amadues Mozart Biography - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Title: Wolfgang Amadues Mozart Biography
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- By Sirhan
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Who is Mozart?
- Mozart is a musician and pianist from Austria.
Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 at Salzburg,
Austria. He is baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus
Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and
influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart
showed prodigious ability from his earliest
childhood. He died on December 5, 1791 at Vienna,
Austria
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Mozart Ancestor
- Mother Anna Maria Mozart
- Father Leopold Mozart
Leopold Mozart
Anna Maria Mozart
He was the youngest of seven children, five of
whom died in infancy. His elder sister is Maria
Anna Mozart.
Maria Anna Mozart
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How he started playing a musical instruments?
- At the age of 3 years (1759) Mozart began to
play clavier (ancient stringed musical instrument
equipped with a keyboard). A year later
he began to show his talent in
changing his first melody.
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- In 1762 Mozart study by himself to play the
violin. In the same year, Mozart and his sister,
Maria Anna Mozart was invited to play music in
front of the Empress Theresa in Vienna. Empress
was amazed.
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Mozart Love
- When Mozart has succeed changing a symphony in
Paris, his mother died. Mozart grew up and he
fell in love with the son of a musician, Aloysia
Weber, but his father did not approve.
Constanze Weber Mozart
Finally he married Constanze Weber, sister of
Aloysia Weber, in 1782. Again Mozarts father,
Leopold, not blessing.
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Mozart Ancestry
- Mozart had two children named Karl Thomas and
Franz Xaver. Mozart also teaches them to play the
clavier and singing.
Franz Xaver Mozart
Karl Thomas Mozart
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Ways to provide for his family
- To support his family, Mozart wrote the opera.
The most successful opera was The Marriage of
Figaro in Vienna 1787. In the same year his
father died.
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Mozart Died
- Mozart health is increasingly becoming
unfavorable. He often fell ill, until on December
5, 1791 he died at the age of 32 years. Mozart
was buried in Marx Cemeteri ( 3 miles from
Vienna). He died because lack of vitamins.
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Mozart Signature
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