261 years ago today, the musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. By the age of five he was already prolific on the piano and violin and performing his original compositions for European royalty. An inspiration for Beethoven, who was 15 years younger, Mozart composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music, before his death at age 35. LISTEN… (1756)
The thin, small man, “except for his large intense eyes, gave no outward signs of genius.” Some of his most renowned works were operas, such as The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte. You are probably familiar with Mozart melodies, even without realizing it–like this “Turkish March” Rondo Alla Turca, below…
Why not celebrate his birthday by watching the 1984 film called Amadeus, which won 8 Academy Awards. (A short clip on YouTube shows Mozart playing a piece composed…
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