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NAMEWolfgangAmadeusMozartBIRTHWhen:27January1756Where:Salzburg（萨尔茨堡）DEATHWhen:5December1791Where:ViennaNATIONALITYAustriaEDUCATIONMozartwasbornintoaverymusicalfamily.Offspringusuallylearnfromwatchingandhearingtheirparent’splay.Mozartwasnoexception-helearnedfromthisfather,Leopold,whowasaveryproficientteacherhimself.EXPERIENCES1762–1773:YearsoftravelDuringMozart'syouth,hisfamilymadeseveralEuropeanjourneysinwhichheandNannerlperformedaschildprodigies.Duringthistrip,Mozartmetagreatnumberofmusiciansandacquaintedhimselfwiththeworksofothercomposers.1773–1777:TheSalzburgcourtReturningwithhisfatherfromItalyon13March1773,MozartwasemployedasacourtmusicianbytherulerofSalzburg,Prince-ArchbishopHieronymusColloredo.1777–1778:TheParisjourneyInAugust1777,MozartresignedhisSalzburgpositionand,on23September,venturedoutoncemoreinsearchofemployment,withvisitstoAugsburg,Mannheim,Paris,andMunich.1781:DeparturetoViennaMozartwasdismissedbythearchbishop,freeinghimselfbothofhisemployerandhisfather'sdemandstoreturn.SolomoncharacterizesMozart'sresignationasarevolutionarystep,anditgreatlyalteredthecourseofhislife.MARRIAGESMozartmarriedConstanzeWeberatSt.Stephen'sCathedralinViennaonAugust4,1782.CHILDREN/FAMILYLIFEThecouplehadsixchildren,ofwhichonlytwosurvivedinfancy:RaimundLeopold(17June–19August1783)KarlThomasMozart(21September1784–31October1858)JohannThomasLeopold(18October–15November1786)TheresiaConstanziaAdelheidFriederickeMariaAnna(27December1787–29June1788)AnnaMaria(diedsoonafterbirth,25December1789)FranzXaverWolfgangMozart(26July1791–29July1844)PROBLEMSpoor&illnessBymid-1788,MozartandhisfamilyhadmovedfromcentralViennatothesuburbofAlsergrund.Mozartbegantoborrowmoney,mostoftenfromhisfriendandfellowMasonMichaelPuchberg;apitifulsequenceofletterspleadingforloanssurvives.MaynardSolomonandothershavesuggestedthatMozartwassufferingfromdepression,anditseemsthathisoutputslowed.MozartfellillwhileinPragueforthepremiereon6SeptemberofhisoperaLaclemenzadiTito,writtenin1791oncommissionfortheEmperor'scoronationfestivities.Hewasabletocontinuehisprofessionalfunctionsforsometime,andconductedthepremiereofTheMagicFluteon30September.Theillnessintensifiedon20November,atwhichpointMozartbecamebedridden,sufferingfromswelling,pain,andvomiting.Mozartdiedat1a.m.on5December1791attheageof35.ACCOMPLISHMENTSHewasachildprodigywhowrotehisfirstsymphonyatage8,thengrewintoaprolificadultwhowroteover600piecesofmusic.AmonghismostfamousworksareEinekleineNachtmusik(ALittleNightMusic,1787)andtheoperasDonGiovanni(1787)andDieZauberflote(TheMagicFlute,1791).Mozart'smusichasappearedinapproximately310featurefilms.600worksinclude41symphonies,27pianoconcertos,16operas,19pianosonatas,andotherorchestralandchamberworks.INTERESTINGFACTSHeenjoyedbilliardsanddancing(seeMozartanddance),andkeptpets:acanary,astarling,,adog,andalsoahorseforrecreationalriding.