Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. This young prodigy learned to play the clavier (piano) at age 4, and made his first symphony by the age of eight. In his lifetime, he would create up to 600 works of music, especially his famous Requiem mass, made right before he died.
As Mozart grew older, he managed to seize a job as a Court musician for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. He made so many symphonies and operas to the point where he got bored and went to Paris. That choice didn’t work well, and he ended up back in Salzburg, serving Archbishop Colloredo. They battled a lot, and finally, Mozart gave in and traveled to Vienna, which at the time, was a musical center for Europe. He was recognized and praised, and even married Constanze Weber, the third daughter of a musical family. Later, Constanze would prove a good financial supervisor for Mozart.
Finally, Mozart reached his peak. He was still in debt, but with the amount of revenue coming in, he moved into a opulent new penthouse and started spending money lasvishly. Soon, the world started to change, and it was really hard for a musician to survive and live a luxurious life. Roughly around 1786, Mozart’s fame depleted almost completely, with him barely performing in public.
He was forced to get a job as a chamber musician for the emperor to survive. He moved to other cities to spark his fame just like in Vienna, but all those uprisings weren’t successful. Luckily, in 1790, his financial situation started looking positive and here we are, still writing about his fame and music.
Sadly, by 1791, Mozart was in his deathbed, and he was writing his Requiem Mass. He finished the piece and conceded to death. This famous genius became world renowned even inspiring the great Beethoven. After 229 years, we are still speaking of his legacy.