The Life of Wolfgang Mozart

By groupe

  • Birth

    Birth
    I was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria to Leopold and Anna Marie Mozart.

  • First Musical Education

    First Musical Education
    When I was about four, my father started teaching me how to play the harpsichord. I was taught more by instinct and relied on my musical ear. For me, learning to play music was as easy as writing it.

  • First Compositions

    First Compositions
    I started composing in 1761 and was educated and infulenced by my father who was a musician as well.
    I wrote everything including operas, Masses, cantatas, motets, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas.

  • Touring Europe

    Touring Europe
    My family and I began traveling Europe so that I could play for the upperclass and nobility. I started in Munich and performed for the Elector of Bavaria. News of my performance reached Vienna within days. After charming the audience, I went to Paris and London.

  • Writing Compositions

    Writing Compositions
    At the age 6, I began writing compositions.

  • Proposal

    Proposal
    When I was 7 years old, I proposed to Marie Antoinette.

  • First Symphony

    First Symphony
    At age 8, I wrote my first symphony, and my first published compositions were released.

  • Oratorio

    Oratorio
    When I was 11 years old, I wrote my first oratorio.

  • First Opera

    First Opera
    On this day, I performed Mitridate, Re di Ponto. Many were skeptical because I was a German boy writing an Italian opera; however it proved to be so popular that there were twenty performances.

  • Seat in the Court Orchestra

    Seat in the Court Orchestra
    When I was 15 I was granted my own seat in the court orchestra.

  • Returning to Salzburg

    Returning to Salzburg
    My first tour in Europe ended after three years and my accomplishments were widely recongnized at this point.

  • Going to Paris

    Going to Paris
    After years of being stifled in Salzburg I finally set out to continue my career in Paris. Although I got sidetracked and found love with my cousin, Aloysia. I arrived in Paris on March 23, 1778. I spent a few years here, but I didn't accomplish much. So I returned to Salzburg in 1779.

  • Publlishing Work

    Publlishing Work
    While I was waiting for my big break, I managed to publish the opera, The Abduction from the Seraglio, three piano concertos, and Haffner Symphony in three different keys.

  • Something New

    Something New
    This year i composed the Quartet in G minor. It was the first time in music history that pieces were written for piano and string instruments together.

  • Death

    Death
    I died on December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria.