Meet a Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Meet A Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Years Lived: 1756-1791

Period of Composing: Classical

Country: Austria

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed in the Classical Period, the period that came after Baroque. He started composing at the age of five years old! He played all over Europe and even payed for several kings and queens when he was still a child. He wrote over 600 pieces of music including symphonies, operas, piano concertos, string quartets, and much more!

While Mozart didn't write the music for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, he did write a piece of variations based on it. To listen, click here.

To learn more about Mozart and to listen to some of his music, click here.

Print out this worksheet and follow along with Mozart’s Turkish March! Click here.

Students can watch The Metropolitan Opera's free stream of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute until Friday, April 10 at 5pm. Click here.

To learn more about other childhood composer prodigies and take a quiz, click here.

So see when Mozart lived compared to other composers you know by looking at this composer timeline, click here.

Did you know that studies have shown that listening to Mozart helps increase brain power? Click here to listen to this playlist of his music while you do school work or play.

For more information, click here.

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