![]() In 1780, the Elector of Bavaria asked Mozart to write an opera for Munich. He worked as court and cathedral organist writing his Symphony in C Major (K. Only 5' 4", Mozart was of slight build and pale in complexion.īy 1779, Mozart returned to Salzburg. Unable to regulate his spending, his financial affairs were chaotic. In later life he suffered from paranoia, fearing that he was going to be poisoned by an unknown enemy. He was often ill, suffering from chronic respiratory infections and other ailments, but feared doctors so much that he could not be persuaded to consult one. Restless and notoriously fidgety, he also snored loudly enough to wake the neighbors. He kept a number of pets, being particularly fond of birds. His sense of humor was bawdy bordering on scatological and he was inordinately fond of practical jokes. Mozart loved fine clothing, the fancier the better. While in Paris, his mother became seriously ill and died on 3 July 1777. In 1776, the archbishop sacked Mozart as Konzertmeister, and the composer left with his mother to perform in Paris in 1777. After Mozart departed to Munich for the production of his opera "La finta giardiniera," the archbishop of Salzburg grew angry with his Konzertmeister's repeated absences. He wrote six string quartets while he waited a position in Vienna. In 1773, Mozart went to Vienna looking for a court position under Maria Theresa. He wrote four symphonies, four divertimenti, several string quartets and divers pieces for the church. Mozart was commissioned to write music for the prince with a salary of 150 florins and the position of Court Konzertmeister. ![]() In the spring of 1772, a new prince-archbishop ruled Salzburg. In October 1770, he completed his opera "Mitridate, Re di Ponto" with much acclaim by the Italian audiences. ![]() Pope Clement XIV conferred on Mozart the Order of the Golden Spur. At 13, Mozart and his father traveled to Italy to study with Padre Martini. After visiting Holland, the family returned to Salzburg in November 1766. The nine-year-old boy met Johann Christian Bach on his fifteen months stay in England. The Mozart's were received cordially and without ceremony by George III and his musical wife Queen Charlotte in London. On 9 June 1763, Mozart, his father and sister left for an extended trip to Europe, Munich, Augsburg, Brussels and Paris. At seven, without formal training, Mozart started playing the violin. In Vienna, the family musical delighted the Empress Maria Theresa. On 6 January 1762, Leopold took his affectionate and devoted son and daughter to visit and entertain royalty in Munich, Vienna and Pressburg. At five, young Mozart composed his first clavier pieces. ![]() His father was a strict disciplinarian who instructed his gifted sister as well as his young son at their clavier lessons. His older sister, Maria Anna was born 30 July 1751 in Salzburg. The couple had seven children of whom two survived. Mozart's mother was Maria Anna Pertl, a native of St. In total, Mozart wrote 41 symphonies, 17 piano sonatas, about 20 operas, church music and serenades altogether, he composed more than 600 works, including choral and chamber works, symphonies, sonatas, concertos, and operas.Ī prolific child prodigy, his violinist father Leopold (born ) recognized his son's natural musical gifts by the time the child was four. He came into the world endowed with native talent in which there is no equal in the history of music. Austrian composer who wrote masterpieces in every branch of classical music, regarded as one of the world's great geniuses.
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