Interesting
Facts About Mozart
- Mozart's full name was Johannes Chrysotomus Wolfgangus
Theophilis Amadeus Mozart.
- All of these names can be translated to mean "Beloved
of God."
- Amadeus is the Italian translation of Theophilis which
was added to his name after a family trip to Italy.
- For short his family called him Wolferl.
- When Mozart was four years old his father started to
teach him the piano.
- He wrote his first composition when he was five years
old.
- The last piece of music he wrote was called 'The
Requeim.' Some people say that this piece of music was an omen to
Mozart's death.
- He died before finishing this piece of music.
- After Mozart died, he was buried in a communal grave
with many other people. This was common among paupers in this
time period.
- This grave had no headstone. Not even a cross was
placed over it to mark the grave.
- Mozart did not recieve much fame until after his death.
- It is said that Mozart never copied any of his music
and every score he conducted from was an original.
- His music was not copied until after his death.
- He was only 35 when he died.