Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian Composer (1756-1791) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart in 1756 in what is now Salzburg, Austria. His father Leopold Mozart was a choir master, a minor composer and an experienced teacher. When Mozart's sister Nannerl was seven she began keyboard lessons with her father while the three year old Wolfgang watched with fascination. At age 4 Wolfgang himself began keyboard lessons playing without fault and with great sensitivity, and by age 5 he was composing short pieces which his father wrote down for him. In the following year Wolfgang and Nannerl began traveling through Europe with their father giving concerts in the courts of Europe. While touring, Mozart learned to play the violin and the organ. At the age of 8 Wolfgang published his first two sonatas for the harpsichord. His skills as a composer continued to develop, and by the age of 13 he had composed his first opera at the request of an emperor. By the time Mozart was in his mid-twenties he had established himself as one of the most accom- plished keyboard players in Vienna, and was recognized as an talented composer. Some of his most famous pieces include Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for string orchestra, which means 'A Little Night Music', and Ah vous dirais-je, Maman* for piano solo, which is a set of twelve variations on a french tune that Mozart would have known as a young boy. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died at 35 years of age, leaving behind a collection of more than 600 compositions, including works for the symphony, the piano, and the opera. Some of these pieces are considered to be the finest works in the Classical style. TM www.makingmusicfun.net Copyright 2008 www.makingmusicfun.net Name: ______________________________________ Date: ______________________ DIRECTIONS: Find and circle the vocabulary words in 1756 - 1791 the grid. Look for them in all directions 36&2167$1&(:(%(5$',94 5($*46$)5*275$/350:8% including backwards :*$55%5&2' -:&%-29+5:2 and diagonally. /:/8(2 ,72- -;(&+$+$<'1 2(2/63<83&;%:&201:5 /& AMADEUS 57+$872$)5-*,4;1/*65= ARISTOCRACY $:)&1:5,/':6 /-(<&<'*) AUSTRIA *.=,26<,473;6,2.0('07 ,6) 6<.*($5<(91/3$25'' CLASSICAL )0&6 ,835$*8(*++01:(77 CONCERTO )$1$21:+*+ --$2.*: 24*2 2/&/)6**=;9(1& ,<;/8=7 CONSTANCE WEBER (/6&7*17'8 ,<42+/;) ,3' DON GIOVANNI *3 ,352',*<5,965,1*(56 FAMILY $26$5,672&5$&<%00$02$ ,;7.%2/$9/1*0 63$119// HARPSICHORD 5/((697891(21,&)=*%,= HAYDN 5;5<421= ,;=53238/$5)% $0$'(86%4$*,5$4).;:,8 0 ...=*(35 <$%.07. ,<0&5 / (9$57'7+(0$*,&)/87(* KOCHEL ROYALTY MARRIAGE OF FIGARO SALZBURG MOZART SISTER OPERAS SMALLPOX POOR SYMPHONY POPULAR THE MAGIC FLUTE PRAGUE TOURS PRODIGY TRAVEL PROLIFIC VIENNA REQUIEM WOLFGANG © 2019 puzzles-to-print.com.