All About Wolfgang Mozart
presented by: Jada Nordstrom
Born
On January 27, 1756 Wolfgang Mozart was born.
Wolfgang's Father
Wolfgang's father was a composer. A lot of times Wolfgang's father's friends would come over to his house and all play a musical together. One day Wolfgang wanted to be in the musical too. His father said no but, his friends said he could. When they heard the beautiful music, everyone was impressed.
Where He Was Born
Wolfgang was born in Salzburg.
Little Boy, Big Talent
When Wolfgang Mozart was 3, he taught his self how to play the piano. Wolfgang could also listen to a melody and amazingly memorize it and play it. He knew how to write music notes before he knew how to write letters. When Wolfgang was 9 a messenger asked him and Nannerl, his sister, to preform in Vienna.
The Sickness
When Wolfgang was 10 years old he got a sickness called smallpox. With smallpox you could die from it. But, Wolfgang was lucky and didn't die.
Growing Up
As he got older he was becoming less and less famous. His family was running out of money so he had to get a job. For a job he became a composer for opera music. Wolfgang became famous again because he wrote over 600 works in his life.
The Sad Day
On December 5th 1791 Wolfgang Mozart died. He died at the age of 35. Wolfgang died because his health was getting really bad. Also, sometimes he couldn't breath as well. Years later, people built a huge statue of him in Salzburg (where he grew up) in honor of being a great musician. People were proud of him.