The circumstances surrounding MozartвЂ™s death had enough mystery to ensure that it has been a topic of debate ever since. The last 9 years of MozartвЂ™s life from 1782-1791 were a combination of вЂњfinancial troubles with an astonishing outpouring of masterpieces in almost every genre.вЂќ (The Oxford Dictionary Of Music, Kennedy, M. In 1782, Mozart moved to Vienna and married Constanze Weber in August of that year. Mozart went on more visits to Italy as well as Munich, Mannheim and Paris until he returned to Salzburg as court and cathedral organist in 1778. Whilst in Rome, the young Mozart heard AllegraвЂ™s miserere and wrote it out from memory!! (The Oxford Dictionary Of Music, Kennedy, M. Having returned to Salzburg in 1766, Mozart went to Italy in 1769 where he continued to demonstrate his extraordinary genius. Have a look/listen to MozartвЂ™s First Symphony (which he composed when he was just 8 years old!!) performed by The San Fransisco Academy Orchestra. In 1764 they arrived in London where Mozart studied with J.C. They went to a large number of courts, including those in Munich, Vienna and Paris and even spent 2 weeks at Louis XVвЂ™s court in Versailles. In 1762, Leopold Mozart began a long вЂњtourвЂќ with his children of some of the European courts to showcase their exceptional talent. MozartвЂ™s elder sister Maria Anna was also a very talented keyboard player and Leopold Mozart was keen to show off his childrenвЂ™s talent. The young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy, playing klavier at 3 years old and composing at 5! MozartвЂ™s father was Leopold Mozart, Kapellmeister to Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. He was an Austrian composer, keyboard player, violinist, violist and conductor. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptised Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus) was born in Salzburg 1756 and died Vienna 1791 aged only 35.

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