Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Child Star and Musical Genius

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Why Study Mozart?

• Wolfgang A. Mozart is one of the worlds most
  famous composers ever known. His life as a child
  star and as an adult is fascinating to study.
  His compositions are as popular today as they
  were the day they were first performed.

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How to Do This Assignment

• YOUR ASSIGNMENT GOALS
• Your assignment is to go through this
  presentation and complete the task on each slide
  before moving to the next. On every slide there
  will be a hyperlink to one or two websites. You
  will need to go to these websites in order to
  answer the questions on each slide.
• Once you have gone to the hyperlink, you
  will need to press the green back button on the
  top left hand corner of the address bar.
• Please write your answers on the answer
  sheet provided to you with this assignment.

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MOZARTS BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Lets start with the basics
• 1. When was Mozart born? _________
• 2. Where was Mozart born?_________
• http//www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID64

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MOZARTS FAMILY

• Mozarts family is very important to our study.
  Lets meet them.
• 3. How many kids were born to Mozarts parents?
  _________
• 4. How many children survived (lived)?
  ___________

Mozarts Mom
http//www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2915/life.
html l
Mozarts Dad
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WHOS WHO IN THE MOZART FAMILY?

• List the names of the family members.
• 5. Fathers Name ________________
• Mothers Name ________________
• Sisters Name _________________
• http//www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2915/life.
  html

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WHAT IS A PRODIGY?

• Read about Mozarts early life.
• www.dictionary.com
• http//www2.intop.net/jhollis/mozart.htm
• 8. Define prodigy ________________
• 9. Who else was a child prodigy in the Mozart
  family?________________

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MOZART WAS A QUICK LEARNER

• Read the paragraph entitled First Notes on the
  website below.
• 10. How long did it take Mozart to learn his
  first major piano work?____________________
• 11. How old was he when he learned this work?
  ________________
• http//www.mozartproject.org/biography/bi_61_65.ht
  ml1

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DEVELOPING MOZARTS TALENT

• Read the paragraph First Notes on the first
  website below.
• 12. Who helped develop Mozarts
• talent? ____________
• http//www.mozartproject.org/biography/bi_61_65.ht
  ml1

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MOZARTS CHILDHOOD

• Read We Are Being Talked of Everywhere and
  Taking Society by Storm on the website below.
• 13. Who did Mozart and Nannerl mostly perform
  for? ____________
• 14. Was it common for child prodigies to be
  taken on tour in Mozarts time?__________________
• 15. What was the average amount of times that
  the Mozart children performed in a day?
  ________________________
• http//www.mozartproject.org/biography/bi_61_65.ht
  ml2

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THE PRICE OF SUCCESS

• Read The Price of Success at http//www.mozartpr
  oject.org/biography/bi_61_65.html4
• Read the paragraph that begins with Mozart was
  no doubt
• http//www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID64
  
• 16. In paragraph form, how would you describe
  Mozarts life on the road? Make sure that you
  include at least 7 facts.

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MOZART AS A COMPOSER

• Read the paragraph that begins He wrote his
  first sonata from the website listed below.
• 17. When and where could Mozart compose music?
  _____________
• 18. How long would it take to perform all of
  Mozarts compositions if played one after the
  other? _____________________
• 19. Name a famous piece of music that Mozart
  wrote variations on the tune? ____________________
  ____
• http//www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID64

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MOZARTS BEHAVIOR

• Read the paragraph that begins with Mozarts
  behavior caused from the website below.
• Mozart was known to have horrible social habits
  (an obnoxious laugh, passing gas in public,
  etc.). Based on what you have read
• 20. Give two other examples of Mozarts bad
  behavior.
• http//www2.intop.net/jhollis/mozart.htm

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MOZARTS BEHAVIOR - PART 2

• Read the paragraph that begins with Many
  different people have from the website listed
  below.
• In this paragraph, it was noted the possible
  reasons behind Mozarts inability to be normal.
• 21. Give three reasons why.
• __________
• __________
• __________
• http//www2.intop.net/jhollis/mozart.htm

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MOZART GETS MARRIED

• Read the paragraph beginning In 1779, he finally
  settled down from the website below.
• 22. Who did Mozart marry? ________________
• 23. Describe her. ________________________
• http//www2.intop.net/jhollis/mozart.htm

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MOZART AND MONEY

• Read the last paragraph of the following website.
• http//www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID64
• Read the paragraph beginning Things began to
  look better for Mozart
• http//www2.intop.net/jhollis/mozart.htm
• Mozart should have been a wealthy man. He was
  commissioned to compose many, many different
  pieces and had many students that paid very well
  to be taught by him.
• 24. In paragraph form, tell why Mozart was not a
  wealthy man when he died.

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MOZART DIES

• Read the paragraph beginning with In the last
  year of his life from the site below.
• http//www2.intop.net/jhollis/mozart.htm
• Read the last paragraph from this site.
• http//www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID64
• 25. Mozart died a very poor man. How was he
  buried? __________
• 26. Describe what it means to be buried in a
  poor mans grave. _____________________________
  ________

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Now Its Your Turn . . .

• Now, that you have finished your Mozart scavenger
  hunt, you are going to create one for a
  composer/musician of your own choice.
• Choose someone that you can find enough
  information on for at least 8 slides. Youll
  want to find
• biographical information,
• information about career accomplishments and
  disappointment,
• information about the instrument played or music
  created.
• Specific details/facts

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Steps

• Click File/New in PowerPoint.
• Click File/Save As and name the new presentation
  musicppt. Be sure to save in your student
  network drive.
• Do not work on the background, font, etc. UNTIL
  you have finished all of the slide contents. You
  must have questions and a web site to go to for
  the answers.
• Save often.
• Do not print!
• Search appropriate web sites only.