Mozart finally achieved an unceremonious dismissal from the archiepiscopal court in 1781, and thereafter became one of the first musicians in history to embark upon a free-lance career, without benefit of church, court, or a rich patron. With no prospects of a job, Mozart dejectedly returned to Salzburg in 1779 and became court organist to the Archbishop. It was in Paris that his mother died suddenly in July, 1778. During these tours, Mozart heard, absorbed, and learned various European musical idioms, eventually crystallizing his own mature style.įully expecting to find an ideal post outside his sleepy home town of Salzburg and the detested archiepiscopal court, in 1777 Wolfgang went on a tour with his mother to Munich, Mannheim, and Paris. Between the ages of seven and fifteen, the young Mozart spent half of his time on tour. The musical feats and tricks of young Wolfgang were exhibited to the courts (beginning in Munich in 1762), to musical academicians, and to the public. He was constantly traveling all over Europe with his father, Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), a violinist, minor composer and Vice-Kapellmeister at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. At six he began composing, writing his first symphonies at the age of eight. At five he was playing the clavier incredibly well. The most well known composer of all time, Mozart was unique.At the age of four he could learn a piece of music in half an hour. Nostalgic and melancholic, his music also conveys the joy, energy and impalpable movement of genius. His music is timeless, yet it is a precious witness to his era. From the angelic image to the mischievous imp filmed in Milos Forman’s Amadeus, Mozart remains an enigma. Mozart achieves the perilous balance between emotion and intellect. His inventiveness seems infinite a miraculous grace touches the perfection of his melodies. Between classical balance and an innate sense of harmony and melody, the composer achieved a marvellous synthesis of his time. With an obvious ease, Mozart left works of disconcerting truth.

Don Giovanni, the Mass in C minor, the Jupiter Symphony, the Requiem and the Magic Flute were to be composed during these last years between tours of France, Italy and Germany, commissions, hopes of love and creative anguish. From 1782 onwards, Mozart composed with a feverish creativity and wrote his greatest masterpieces: yet he had but ten more years to live.

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