Kala Pickney
Mr. Hagberg
Orchestra Report
25 March 2016
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria to his parents, Leopold and Anna Maria Pertyl. His father, Leopold, was the author of a famous violin-playing manual and came from a well standing family of bookbinders and architects , while his mother, Anna, was born into the middle class. He also had a sister named Maria Anna or Nannerl for short. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Very early on in life, Mozart showed remarkable talent in the musical field. At three Wolfgang Mozart was able to pick out chords on the harpsichord, at four he could play short pieces, and by the age of five he was composing. Just before he was six, his father took him and Nannerl, …show more content…
“The miracle which God let be born in Salzburg” was Leopold’s description of his son. The Mozart family was very religious and conscious of God as a supreme deity. In the years preceding Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s thirteenth birthday he went on many tours around the world with his father. Leopold Mozart felt like it was his duty to travel the world with Wolfgang Mozart in order to share with the world the miracle of musical talent that God had gifted his son. By this age Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was very fluent and adept in the language of music. More symphonies and divertimentos followed through the summer of 1773. Then Leopold, seeking again a better situation for his son than the endless tours and performances at the Salzburg court, took his son to Vienna. While Wolfgang did not receive any job offers during his stay in Vienna, he became greatly influenced by the Viennese music. He produced a set of six string quartets in the capital, showing in them his knowledge of Haydn’s recent Opus 20 and a more intellectual approach to the medium. Soon after his return he wrote a group of symphonies, including two that represented a new level of
Mr. Hagberg
Orchestra Report
25 March 2016
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria to his parents, Leopold and Anna Maria Pertyl. His father, Leopold, was the author of a famous violin-playing manual and came from a well standing family of bookbinders and architects , while his mother, Anna, was born into the middle class. He also had a sister named Maria Anna or Nannerl for short. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Very early on in life, Mozart showed remarkable talent in the musical field. At three Wolfgang Mozart was able to pick out chords on the harpsichord, at four he could play short pieces, and by the age of five he was composing. Just before he was six, his father took him and Nannerl, …show more content…
“The miracle which God let be born in Salzburg” was Leopold’s description of his son. The Mozart family was very religious and conscious of God as a supreme deity. In the years preceding Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s thirteenth birthday he went on many tours around the world with his father. Leopold Mozart felt like it was his duty to travel the world with Wolfgang Mozart in order to share with the world the miracle of musical talent that God had gifted his son. By this age Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was very fluent and adept in the language of music. More symphonies and divertimentos followed through the summer of 1773. Then Leopold, seeking again a better situation for his son than the endless tours and performances at the Salzburg court, took his son to Vienna. While Wolfgang did not receive any job offers during his stay in Vienna, he became greatly influenced by the Viennese music. He produced a set of six string quartets in the capital, showing in them his knowledge of Haydn’s recent Opus 20 and a more intellectual approach to the medium. Soon after his return he wrote a group of symphonies, including two that represented a new level of