Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBy Daniel BessonovWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Germany. Born to Leopold Mozart, a minor violinist and composer, learning music was a necessity for Amadeus. He was the youngest of seven children, although most of his siblings died in infancy. His older sister, Maria “Nannerl” Anna, began keyboard lessons at age seven with her father, while three-year-old Amadeus watched and listened. It was the first step in young Mozart's long musical journey. At just four years old, Amadeus was already able to learn complicated pieces in less than half an hour and play the keyboard extremely well. As his musical and compositional skills developed, at just eight years old he wrote his first symphonies as a couple. Constantly traveling throughout Europe with his father (first to Munich in 1762), Amadeus began to make a name for himself as a young musical prodigy. However, not only did Mozart make a name for himself on these tours, but he also absorbed and learned various European musical playing and composition styles, which ultimately had a great effect on his mature playing and composition styles . In mid-1763, Mozart's father Leopold decided to leave his position as assistant Kapellmeister (which was quite well paid) so that he and his family could undertake an extended tour across Europe. Not surprisingly, the Mozarts soon embarked on tour, where Amadeus and his sister played in almost all the major musical centers of Western Europe: Munich, Stuttgart, Augsburg, Mannheim, Brussels, Frankfurt, Mainz, Paris and London (where the Mozarts spent 15 months there). They did not return to Salzburg until November 1766, being ...... middle of paper ...... deceased. The reason for his death is not identified, but an extremely popular hypothesis is that he died of severe rheumatic fever, from which he suffered several times during his life. Mozart left behind a legacy that cannot be measured by mere words. Even at the time of his death, he was already considered one of the greatest composers of all time, not to mention he wrote 626 pieces in just 35 years. Hundreds of his works also subsequently influenced composers like Beethoven, Kuhalu, Hadyn and many others. Additionally, Mozart also developed the forms of operas, symphonies, string ensembles, and concertos that we know today. Many of Mozart's compositions, including short pieces, sonatas, sonatinas, operas, and etudes, are used today on television, in plays, and even in modern music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left his mark on the musical world for eternity and beyond.