Wolfgang

Amadeus Mozart
The Greatest Musical Genius of All Time
Who is The Greatest
Musical Genius of All
Time?
• Born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg
and died on December 5, 1791,Vienna
• Famous Composition: The Abduction
of Seragilo, The Masrriange of Figaro ,
A Little Night Music , Requiem Mass

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a

prolific and influential ,classical
composer. Baptized as Johannes
Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus
Mozart, he was born Salzburg, Austria.
Who is The Greatest Musical Genius of All
Time?

• As a child prodigy, he could play the

harpsichord and violin at age 6, write
a minuet ,read music on sight, write
symphony when he was 11 years old,
and an oratorio and opera at 12, then
toured Europe and England for three
years with his father Leopold and his
sister Nanrel, both talented
musicians . He played for rich ,the
royalty and the public.
 Who is The Greatest
Musical Genius of All
Time?
• Mozart’s Audiences loved his blond
and curls hair, his shrill voice, and his
polite ways. As a teenager, he
mastered the piano and completed the
first opera. “ La finta semplice” (The
Simple Prentense). Mozart played all
over Europe but often returned to
Salzburg, where he taught to make ens
meet. As a composer Mozart made a
very little money and wrote many
letters to publishers, friends, and even
acquaintances asking small loans.
Who is The Greatest Musical
Genius of All Time?

• During his final years in

Vienna ,he composed many
of his beast known
symphonies, concertos, and
operas, and portions of the
“Requiem”, which was
largely unfinished at the
time of his death. He was
survived by his wife
Contanze and their two sons.
 Who is The Greatest
Musical Genius of All
Time?
• Mozart’s best music has natural flow
and irresistible charm and can
express humor, joy, or sorrow with
both conviction and mastery. As a
master of opera his works are
brilliant examples of high art, as well
as many of his piano concertos and
symphonies. Even his lesser
compositions And juvenile works
feature much attractive and often
masterful music. He possessed a
thorough command of the technical
resources of musical composition as
well as an original imagination.
 Who is The Greatest Musical
Genius of All Time?
• Mozart wrote more than 600 works
during his short but very productive life.
He wrote symphonies, sonatas, concertos,
operas, dance music, and masses. Some
of his famous pieces are “ Eine Kliene
Nachtmusik” ( A Little Night of Music
1787) and the operas “ Le Nozze di Figari”
(The Marriage of Figaro1786), ”Don
Giovanni” (1787), “Die Zauberflote” (The
Magic Flute,1791) and his last work the
“Requiem Mass”