5. Reading. Mozart

  

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the greatest and influential composers of all time. He began composing from an early age and his legacy includes various genres and forms of music. His life is thoroughly researched, but his figure is still enigmatic.

He was born to a musical family in Austria. By the age of \(5\) he could write music and by the age of \(8\) composed his first symphony. His father was also a musician, and he hurried to support and develop his son's genius. Young Mozart played at various palaces around Europe and always created an impression.

  

He made a career in Vienna and became a well-known musician and composer. However, he didn't handle his financial issues too well and thus there were periods of prosperity and periods of poverty on his life.

  

In the last year of his life he composed Requiem. Reasons for his early death are still unclear, but it is believed that it was some kind of a disease.  The wide-spead story about Antonio Salieri poisoning Mozart is not true — Salieri and Mozart respected each other and weren't rivals.

  

Mozart was one of the most prolific composers ever. He left more than \(600\) compositions — operas, symphonies and concertos and etc.

 

 

1. His life is thoroughly researched, but his figure   .

 

2. His father was also a musician, and he   and develop his son's genius.

 

3. Reasons for his early death are still unclear, but it is believed that it was some  .