Mozart 1756-1791

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg Austria to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Pertl. Leopold was the son of a bookbinder while Anna Maria was the daughter of a county official and amateur musician. Leopold himself was a violinist and worked as the Vice Kapllmeister for Archbishop Schrattenbach of Salzburg. He at the age of twenty-eight married Anna Maria then twenty-seven after a long courtship. The couple had seven children, two …

…This piece is in ABA form (Minuet-Trio-Minuet). It is written in G Major and is in triple meter.1 It was written for a string quartet, but Mozart added one. The song starts out sounding very precise and stately then goes to a soft hum like aristocrats are whispering about something, then it repeats. Then there is a peaceful lull to the music for about thirty seconds before the first phrase comes back to repeat itself.