wolfgang mozart, a great Austrian genius musician in the 18th century, is the most famous "musical prodigy" in the history of European music. Mozart was born in Salzburg, a small mountain city with developed culture and beautiful scenery. Mozart's father Leopold is a musician. He works as a musician in the court band of the Archbishop of Salzburg.
Mozart showed rare musical talent at an early age. Once, my father taught my sister to play the piano, and Mozart, who was only 3 years old, listened carefully. After my sister finished playing, Mozart climbed on the piano stool and played the song that my sister had just finished playing again. His talent surprised his father, who was determined to train him to be a musician.
When Mozart was 4 years old, his father was chatting with a friend and saw Mozart writing on the staff. When his father asked him what he wrote, Mozart replied very seriously, "I am composing music!" " My father was skeptical. He took something written by Mozart and looked at it carefully. He found that it was not only completely correct in form, but also quite good. On another occasion, my father and friends played a quartet together, and Mozart begged his father to let him play the second violin. Father had no choice but to let him play with the man who played the second violin. The musician who played the second violin slowly stopped playing, and found that Mozart, who was playing alone, was accurate, which surprised the musicians greatly.
By the age of six, Mozart had become a local famous performer and composer. He is known as a child prodigy because of his skillful and superb piano playing skills. My sister Marianne, who is five years older than him, is also a good pianist. Father took them on a tour performance in order to attract people's attention. They performed in Vienna, the European music center at that time. Mozart's superhuman musical talent shocked the Vienna music scene, and the name of "musical prodigy" was spread everywhere for a time. The Queen of Austria specially invited them to perform, and Mozart's improvisation and stunt of playing with the keys covered with cloth amazed the Queen, so they were richly rewarded and famous.
In the following year, my father took his brother and sister on a performance tour, and went through Germany, Switzerland, France, Britain, the Netherlands and other countries, where they were wildly welcomed. Mozart swept all over Europe and was hailed as "the miracle of the 18th century". In London, Mozart stayed for a year and was carefully taught by the outstanding composer johann bach (the son of the famous German musician Bach).
The three-year traveling performance broadened Mozart's horizons, increased his knowledge and laid a solid social foundation for his further development. His father deeply realized that Mozart must be systematically educated in music theory and writing skills in order to make him rank among the first-class musicians in Europe from a musical prodigy. Since then, Mozart has conducted strict and extensive training and study under the guidance of his father. Mozart studied very hard, and sometimes he practiced the piano for more than ten hours. It can be seen that Mozart's great success is not only a genius, but also a diligent factor.
Mozart's father led Mozart to perform in Italy, which was an important step to expand his popularity in the European music industry. Mozart conquered the critical Italian audience with his extraordinary musical talent. The Italian people, who have a long tradition of music and culture, also gave Mozart, 14, a very high honor. The famous Bologna College and the Veyron Conservatory of Music successively awarded him an academician, and the Pope awarded him the "Golden Wheel" medal and the title of "Golden Spur" knight.
After the age of p>22, Mozart worked as a musician in the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Later, unwilling to endure humiliation and oppression, he resolutely left Salzburg in 1781. The next decade was the most brilliant period of his musical achievements. As a freelance musician, he wrote a lot of works, including large symphonies, piano concertos, violin music, serenades and sonatas of various instrumental music, all of which are very beautiful masterpieces. Among them, symphony No.39 in EB major, symphony No.41 in C major and symphony No.4 in A minor, and three operas, Marriage of Figaro, Don Juan and Magic Flute, are the most famous.
Due to the dual factors of poor life and heavy work, Mozart's health condition is deteriorating. On December 4, 1791, he died in poverty and illness, at the age of 45. Mozart's short life was completely occupied by music, and his famous name was immortal because of music.