Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Mozart in 1777 (c, 1777)


"Mozart in 1777." Wikimedia. Web. 6 Apr 2010. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Martini_bologna_mozart_1777.jpg].

This is a portrait of me painted around 1777. It is currently on display in the Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale in Bologna, Italy.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Requiem Mass in D Minor (K. 626)


"Requiem Mass in D Minor (K. 626)." YouTube. Web. 29 Mar 2010. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI].

This is a recording of my famous Requiem Mass in D Minor (K. 626). This was the last piece of mine ever commissioned. I died of an illness before I could complete this work, so the remaining parts were completed by my understudy, Franz Xaver Süssmayr.

Piano Concerto No. 9 (K. 271)


"Piano Concerto No. 9 (K. 271), conducted by Jeffrey Tate." YouTube. Web. 29 Mar 2010. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIkk3IPuoOU].

This is a video of a performance of the first movement of Piano Concerto No. 9 (K. 271), performed at the Salzburg Festival in 1989. I wrote this piece when I was 21 years old, and many consider this to be a breakthrough work and my first true masterpiece.

Mozart's First Works ( K. 1-5)


"Mozart K. 1-5, Pierre Hantai on harpsichord." YouTube. Web. 29 Mar 2010. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BndaoGkpOVg].

This is a recording of the first five works I ever wrote. I was very young at the time, so my father would write them down as I performed them.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Leopold Mozart (c. 1765)


"Leopold Mozart (c. 1765)." Wikimedia. Web. 27 Mar 2010. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Leopold_Mozart.jpg].

This is an oil painting of my father, Leopold Mozart, painted sometime in 1765. He is famous for his violin textbook, Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing).

Friday, March 26, 2010

Requiem Original Copy

"Requiem Original Copy." Wikimedia. Web. 26 Mar 2010. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Mozart_Sheet_Music.jpg].

This is an original copy of part of the Dies Irae movement of the famous Requiem Mass in D Minor. Original drafts of my work are rare, as my wife sought to destroy them after my death.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Anna Maria Mozart (c. 1775)

"Anna Maria Mozart (c. 1775)." The Mozart Project. Web. 25 Mar 2010. [http://www.mozartproject.org/images/annamari.jpg].

This is a portrait of my mother, Anna Maria Mozart. It was painted sometime in 1775.

Wolfgang, Leopold, and Nannerl (c. 1764)


"Wolfgang, Leopold and Nannerl (c. 1764)." Wikimedia. Web. 25 Mar 2010. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Wolfgang_Leopold_Nannerl.jpg].

This is a portrait painted during the Mozart Family Grand Tour sometime in 1764. From left to right: my father Leopold, me and my sister Nannerl.

Mozart Age 7 (c. 1763)


"Mozart Age 7 c. 1763." The Mozart Project. Web. 25 Mar 2010. [http://www.mozartproject.org/images/mozart7.jpg].


This is a portrait of me at the age of seven. It was probably painted by Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni some time in 1763.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Unfinished Portrait (c. 1782)

"Mozart (Unfinished) 1782." Wikimedia. Web. 24 Mar 2010. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Mozart_%28unfinished%29_by_Lange_1782.jpg].

This is an unfinished portrait of me painted by brother-in-law Joseph Lange around 1782. You can see the original painting in the Mozart Museum in Salzburg, Austria.