Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 to Leopold and Maria Anna of Salzburg. They had seven children, but only Wolfgang and his older sister Nannerl survived. Leopold Mozart was a professional musician and composer who began teaching his children the fundamentals of music at an early age. Wolfgang began his musical journey ... as George III in April and May of 1764. The European tour did not just expose the world to the talents of Wolfgang Mozart; it also exposed Mozart to the music of Europe. The tour provided many opportunities for him to be exposed to music styles and music...

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... same time was not antique in form. The most famous of the Classical composers, and of perhaps all composers, were Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig Van Beethoven. These three master composers dominated the period with their music and essentially created the characteristics of the classical style. ... than trusting the judgement and improvisational skills of the instrumentalist. One of the master composers, if not the best composer of the time was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was a musical child prodigy born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. At age six he was able to play t...

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... much. (Campbell, 1) Long before the lyrics to "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star" were written, children of France sang the words you see above to the same tune. Seventeen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart must have been familiar with the song, since he used it melody as the starting point for his playful, ever extending variations on "Ah! Vous dirari-je, Maman" (Campbell,1). Might ... brilliant teenager have chosen this melody to tease his notoriously stern, ambitious father, Leopold, for his taskmaster approach toward raising a son? Given Wolfgang's love of jokes and clever wordplay, it cer...

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