Wolfgang Mozart Accomplishments

Wolfgang Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756 and died in 1791. By the time he hit age 6 he could do almost everything including: playing the harpsichord/violin, improvise figures, write minuets, and read music perfectly. By the age of 8, he wrote a symphony. At the age 11, he wrote an oratorio; at 12, he did his first opera (Kamien, 210). Mozart quickly established himself as the finest keyboard player in Vienna, and steadily built his reputation as a composer. After encountering many obstacles to finding another operatic opportunities, he teamed for the first time in 1785–86. He got with the Italian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, a happy collaboration that resulted in Le nozze di Figaro. This partnership, which finally produced Don Giovanni and Cosi fan …show more content…
His success led to an opera company in Prague to commission Don Giovanni, who was a triumph in Prague. He was delighted to receive a commission from a Viennese theater for a German opera. Two months before he died, The Magic Flute was premiered to resounding praise in Vienna (Kamien, 212). The quality of Mozart’s music is surely at the heart of its timeless and universal appeal. It gives voice to something at once deeply human and impossible sublime. In addition to the staggering genius evident in each measure of his work, Mozart’s taste and his most profound knowledge of composition is remarkable (Castillo, 2017). One of Wolfgang’s most popular works of music was the “Symphony No. 40, 1st Movement "Allegro” and this was Mozart's most famous symphony. The first movement in particular is extremely well known and is one of the most famous movements he created. This is probably the second most well-known piece of music Mozart wrote, especially with today’s listeners (Matthew, 2017). In his overture, he begin with amazing D minor chords, exotic syncopations, and sinister scale passages. It then continues with fast sonata-form movement in D