Ebook: Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
- Tags: Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus -- 1756-1791 -- Juvenile literature., Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus -- 1756-1791., Composers -- Austria -- Biography -- Juvenile literature., Composers -- Austria -- Biography., Biography & Autobiography., Music., Composers., Austria.
- Series: Who was-- ?
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- City: New York, Austria
- Language: English
- epub
Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five. Read more...
Abstract: Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.
Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe. Black-and-white illustrations on every spread explore such topics as the history of opera and the evolution of musical instruments. There is also a timeline and a bibliography. Illustrated by Carrie Robbins. Cover illustration by Nancy Harrison