The Life of Mozart

My book report is from the biography of Mozart written by Robert W. Gutman. It was illustrated by the Jacket art courtesy of Music Lovers Society and was create by Harcourt Brace and Company. It was printed in New York City and the course of publication was 1999. Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of composer, musical author, and violinist, Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna maria Pertl. His given names were Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus, the last of which is Gottlieb in German, and Amadeus in Latin. He used Wolfgang and Amadeus in his signature, so he is generally cognise by these two names. He displayed marked musical gifts in truth early, playing the keyboard confidently when senile four, composing his first pieces for it aged five, and quickly mastering the violin. Leopold was keen to exhibit his sons ludicrous talents, along with those of his gifted pianist-daughter, Maria-Anna (called Nannerl) (1751--1829), and he undertook a series of tours crosswise Europe with them when Mozart was just six years old.

In 1767 the family went to capital of Austria for five months, where Mozart wrote an opera house buffa (comic opera) for the Emperor, La finta semplice (trans, the Pretend Simpleton); and a Singspiel (a German-language opera with some spoken dialogue), Bastien und Bastienne (1769), commissioned by Dr Franz Anton Mesmer. However, in Vienna, the Italian musicians at court, including the composer Antonio Salieri, made it difficult for him to produce his operas. He returned to Salzburg, and was official honorary Konzertmeister to Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach. There followed three extended visits by beat and son to Italy (1770--2). Musical experience gained on these tours helped mold Mozarts style, in particular in dramatic music. He was prolific, writing sacred point-blank pieces and instrumental works too. By 1772 he had written almost 25 symphonies (some are lost), and his first quartets. Further quartets and symphonies followed during and... If you want to know a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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