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In brighter news, Mozart wrote an astonishing nine piano concertos in a two-year timeframe (1784-1786). In 1782, Mozart married Constanze Weber they had six children, but only two survived. Upon his return to Salzburg in 1773, the Prince appointed Mozart to be a musician in his court. All of these achievements at an early age established Mozart as a wunderkind, or child prodigy. He penned his first opera Mitridate Re di Ponto, in 1770 when he was just fourteen. In other words, the kid was able to remember the piece note for note and write it all out the next day. Most scholars believe that was around the same time that Mozart transcribed the entire score to Gregorio AllegriвЂ™s Miserere after hearing it performed at the Sistine Chapel. A devout Catholic, Mozart wrote his first mass (Mass in G, or Misa Brevis in G) when he was twelve years old. Many musicians find both inspiration and musical education in the church, and Mozart was no different. During this time, Mozart met two esteemed composers (Myslivecek and Giovanni Battista Martin), who helped him become a member of the renowned Accademia Filarmonica in Italy. The Mozarts stayed on the road, if you will, for years and performed for royalty and nobility in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Mozart spent most of childhood on tour with his family. Evidently, he absorbed the gist of the instruction since he began playing the harpsichord and violin and even began composing his own music at the age most other children begin attending kindergarten! At the tender age of three, little Mozart would observe his older sister Nannerl practice the piano. (WeвЂ™ll get into how the name вЂњAmadeusвЂќ took hold later.) He was born to Anna Maria and Leopold, who was an accomplished violinist and budding composer himself. Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart born on Januin Salzburg, Austria. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wasnвЂ™t actually the name of famous classical composer. Was never rich and tended to spend the little money he actually made Serves as the archetype of classical style Hailed from Austria and lived throughout EuropeД¬omposed music in ever form, from operas to symphonies Widely considered the greatest composer of the classical period, Mozart:

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What better way to welcome the new year than to kick off our Composer of the Month series with Mozart?

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