Mozart: Portrait Of A Genius
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He was a centrally important composer of the Classical Era. On December 5, 1971, at the age of thirty five he died of typhoid fever, and was buried in a pauper’s grave on December 6, 1971.
Elias says that for some reason Mozart’s father, Leopold Mozart, tried ....
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.... He played the piano like an adult, and “performed all the tricks that were asked of him, playing with the keyboard covered or with one finger,” as stated by Elias.
At an early age, Mozart learned to dress in the court manner, including the wig, and also learned the correct way to walk and turn a compliment. The normal social situation of a musician in Mozart’s lifetime was that of a servant at court, where he took orders from a powerful i ....
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Number of words: 1285
Number of pages: 5 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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