Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was an Austrian composer of the Classical era who wrote more than 600 works in nearly every musical form of his time. Born in Salzburg and taught by his father, Leopold, he began composing at five and toured Europe's courts as a child with his sister, Nannerl. After years in the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg, he settled in Vienna in 1781 as an independent musician, a bold step that opened his most productive decade. There he wrote the operas The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787) and The Magic Flute (1791), many piano concertos and his last symphonies, including the “Jupiter” (1788). In his final year he composed the motet Ave verum corpus and a Requiem left unfinished at his death at thirty-five. His music, known for clarity, balance and grace, remains central to the classical repertoire.
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From Vivaldi to Beethoven
Vivaldi's concertos, including The Four Seasons, spread across Europe, and Bach studied them closely, arranging several for keyboard and organ. Bach's own works became a foundation of Western music: Mozart discovered his fugues in Vienna in the early 1780s and was deeply influenced by them, and the young Beethoven learned The Well-Tempered Clavier from his teacher in Bonn. Beethoven carried the Classical style of Mozart toward the Romantic age.
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