My favourite composer

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Yelyzaveta Serdiuk

Form 8-A

Gymnasium №1

My name is Yelyzaveta. My surname is Serdiuk. I am thirteen. I live in Barvinkove. I live in Lenin Street.I study at Gymnasium №1. I am in the eighth form. I have many hobbies. I like to read interesting books about adventures, to write long poems, to draw beautiful pictures with different animals and nature, to listen to music and sing songs.

My favourite composer is

Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart. He is a famous Austrian

composer. Mozart was

born in 1756 in Salchburg,

Austria. His father , a violinist and a

composer, noticed wonderful

talent of his son and taught him

how to play musical instruments and to compose.

Being 4 years old

Mozart played the clavier. When he was 5 or 6 years old he started composing music. At the age of 8-9 Mozart created his first symphonies and at the age of 10-11 his first creations for musical theatre.

When he was 6 years old his father decided to take him and his sister to the big cities of Europe. Two children gave concerts in Germany, Austria, France, England and Switzerland.

The audience was delighted to see such a small boy playing the clavier.

In 1770 he was invited to Italy. He could not imagine his life without music.

Mozart was apolitical. He was very classical. He appreciated Bach

and had a large output: 49

symphonies and 18 operas.

At the age of 26 he moved from his native town to Vienna. Though he didn’t have a great success as a composer in Vienne.

Burdens of life, povetry and desease were speeded up his

death. He died at the age of 35.

The real fame came to Mozart only after his death. Many people now know and like his music.