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    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,…

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    Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756 into a middle class family consisting of his mother, Anna Maria, his father, Leopold, and older sister Maria Anna. Wolfgang grew up in Salzburg, Austria and lived there for years to come. Mozart showed signs of his musical genius at the age of three. His sister had been taking lessons from their father Leopold Mozart. The pair began to perform together soon after Mozart demonstrated his ability to memorize chords…

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Vienna on January 27, 1756. He was born to a mother, father, and sister. There were more children, but no one lived past childhood. Wolfgang was a determined and musically smart little boy. He knew what he was doing behind a set of piano keys. He was a prodigy to say the least. He accomplished more in a lifetime then most could in two lifetimes. Over the course of his thirty-five years on earth he composed around 600 compositions. Mozart’s family…

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg Austria. At a very young, Wolfgang Mozart could comprehend a piece of music within half an hour. Then he was writing symphonies and playing clavier. His parents name were Leopold and Maria Mozart. Also, his father was a composer as well. Wolfgang Mozart father Leopold Mozart educated him to become successful at playing different instruments and understanding music. Wolfgang father was known to be an outstanding composer and…

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    Steven Salzburg writes this article when college football is over, which shows his incorporation of kairos to persuade his audience. His timeliness plays a huge role in the author’s purpose and persuasive techniques. The author purposely writes this piece after football season which he explains in the first three sentences. This article was written directly after the super bowl and after the hype of football to allow the audience to correctly judge the situation. This topic is very relevant in…

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    musical genius, his life was not an easy one. He encountered many obstacles in his later years. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27,1756, in Salzburg. He was immediately baptized the next day at St. Rupert’s Cathedral as Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Leopold Mozart was Mozart’s father and happened to be one of Europe’s leading musical teachers. Leopold gave up his teaching position as soon as he discovered his son Mozart’s outstanding musical ability. He was the only music…

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    “Get Football Out of Our Universities” Should football be in our universities? In “Get Football Out of Our Universities”, the author, Steven Salzburg, attempts to argue that football shouldn’t be in our colleges and universities. This is not a persuasive essay because he doesn’t try to force his opinion on you but rather to argue the facts. He states facts that might in return make you change your opinion but his sole purpose isn’t to persuade you into anything. In this article, the author uses…

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    string quartets, masses, serenades, and operas. In 1775, he had an enthusiasm for violin concertos, however, a year later, he focused his efforts to piano concertos. Despite his successes, he grew discontented with Salzburg and redoubled his efforts to find a position elsewhere. In 1777, he resigned his position at Salzburg and traveled in search of employment. There were prospects of work in Mannheim, but they did not work and Mozart left for Paris to continue his search, While Mozart was in…

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    Leopold worked in the royal Salzburg court as assistant concert master and was a well- known composer and violinist. Having been very passionate about music himself, Leopold introduced Wolfgang and his elder sister Nannerl to the piano at a very young age and quickly saw potential. Three year old Wolfgang had incredible musical talent and could play the harpsichord, piano, organ, viola and violin fluently by age five. Thrilled with the extraordinary talents his children possessed, Leopold took…

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    composers of his time. He was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He knew how to play many instuments and began playing for th public ata young age of 6 years old. Mozart composed many works in his time, including symphonies, operas, sonatas, masses, and concertos. Mozart knew how to play many insruments at the age of 6, He may have gotten this talent from his father, Leopold, who was a sucessful composer. Mozart learned how to play the piano by watching his father teach his only…

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