We all know that Mozart was an amazing pianist and composer who started his work at a very tender young age. Most of us also know that the Mozart sonata is a very important piece of musical history. However, do you know very much about these pieces? For example, did you know that these were not all pieces that he wrote specifically to play as a performer but also pieces that he wrote for the purpose of teaching his work to others? Taken as a whole, the sonatas represent a lifetime of creative work from one of the most amazing musical geniuses to have ever lived.

For those who don't know much about Mozart, what you really need to know is that he was a genius and a prodigy. He was a classical composer from the late eighteenth century who played both violin and piano. He began composing music at an age when most children are barely about to enter kindergarten. Although he died young (at the age of 35) his early start allowed him to have a lengthy career. The music that he composed throughout this career is a testament to the talent that this man held within him.

The most famous thing that Mozart wrote was the Mozart sonata. This is not a single piece of composition. Instead it is a series of works known as sonatas that are each numbered sequentially. What we can hear when we listen to them is that he developed his musical abilities throughout his brief lifetime, always bringing new twists and turns to the work. Some of them are simple, light and airy whereas others are dark, dramatic and difficult to play. The circumstances that Mozart was experiencing as he went through his life are played out in the different styles that he composed within the pieces.

The majority of the reason that Mozart composed his work was because he wanted to perform it. He started performing music at a very young age and was proficient at playing multiple instruments. The music that he created was his art. The purpose of creating it was to find self-expression and then to share that expression with others by playing it on his own musical instruments. He created his music because it was his passion and his life's work to do so. He created it in order to play it. And one can assume that he was driven by an inner need to create this art; he would have probably created it even if no one would listen to it but himself.

However, the Mozart sonata was not only created so that Mozart could perform his art for others. He was also someone who was interested in teaching musical skills to other people who were interested in learning it. There are some that he wrote for the express purpose of using them as teaching tools. It takes different skills to compose a classical masterpiece than it does to compose a piece that you can use to teach music to someone. That he was able to do this so successfully says even more about Mozart's genius than does the fact that he started composing at such a young age.

The Mozart sonata is an important piece of work for a number of different reasons. It shows how much can be done with one type of musical form. The series of sonatas can be viewed together to show us the ups and downs in Mozart's personal and professional lives. And students can use the pieces individually to learn how to play the violin or piano with much of the same skill that Mozart had himself. No other body of work says as much about the artist and still provides so much function to others as do the Mozart pieces.

Piano Trio in C Major KV. 548 by Mozart was completed in July 1788, not long before the completion of "Jupiter" of Symphony â,,-. 41, and also into the C major key. Is remarkable, that in the course of several months in the summer of 1788, only the year after death of his father, Mozart wrote his last three symphonies, by culmination his symphonic work! Mozart's last three Piano trios were written simultaneously. It is burdened by the severe illness of his wife, which added to its of financial stress, that the last piano trio were published in an attempt at the attraction of means to earn money.

Trio consists of three motions and begins, as is not Symphony No.41 with the pump that "requires attention," that its special features of the work of chamber music for the stringed instrument. Music, which follows it seems predictable at first, but in the course of development division were proposed to glance into the soul of a musical genius. Modulation, on the decrease chromatic of lines and the excellent selection of tool houses to create the magic of the textures, where the light and shadow, pain and happiness are mixed up.

The second part, Andante Of Cantabile in F major, flows spaciously in 3/4 times intermix from time to time rapidly those being fluttering of passages. A sudden exclamation fort into unison disrupts the tone of complacency, and which it follows not expected harmoniously and texture that as a result daring and beautiful hauntingly.

Third motion merry "hunting" to be disposed to dances 6/8 meters. In contrast to the symphony this is not contrapuntal in the structure. Arpeggio figure by main theme is passed by all three tools. In the hands of Mozart, the Piano trio exceeds the scope of Haydn's model in the fact that the violoncello was given more attention. (Old style more it is similar on the keyboard of sonata from the violoncello the doubling of bass and violin, that decorate the right hand.) In Mozart's later piano trios, it created new textures, including the establishment of lines in comparison with the piano, all additions in interest and has created a dramatic nature pieces.

In the musical societies of today, Wolfgang Mozart is looked upon with awe due to the quality of his work. However, they do not always look at his life and what it took to achieve his status. His life was not a perfect fairytale. He had to work hard in order to survive as life went on.

Wolfgang Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. At a very young age his musical potential became evident. To be exact, it all happened approximately three days before his fifth birthday. Documents have been discovered that contain his father's handwriting stating that Wolfgang mastered a scherzo in thirty minutes. This was a phenomenal rate for any musician, but particularly impressive for a young child.

The piano and violin were two instruments he excelled in, but he soon turned his attention to another pursuit; composing. Once his father saw the talent of his son, he decided to take him on tours with his sister, Maria Anna, who was another incredibly gifted musician. These tours began in 1763 when they took a short trip to a Munich court. After this trip, they took several longer tours that brought them before countless members of royalty.

His life was not always as lavish as this. There were times when he endured financially difficult times. One such time was between 1774 and 1778 when his family could not find a patron. He was growing up and as he gained years, he lost popularity. It seemed his situation improved in 1778 when he was hired as an organist for a court and later by a cathedral. It was not what he was looking for though. He wanted to continue composing, and he did. While he was unemployed and even during his time as an organist, he continued to create music.

In 1781, he was commissioned for an opera called Idomeneo. The operas he produced were accepted well at first. He had some success with his Italian and German operas, but the success was not significant enough. He continued to encounter financial hardship. By 1787 he was once again employed by a court, but as a composer this time. He wrote music for royal dances. This position supplied him with a steady income, but his spending habits left him with less than he needed.

During his life, Wolfgang Mozart created over six hundred pieces of music. His work crossed several types of compositions. These included:

o Arias
o Symphonies
o Keyboard Concertos
o Sonatas for the Piano
o Church Music
o Pieces for Chambers and Quartets
o And a few works for the Organ

At the end of his life, he brought his friends to his bedside and sang parts of a church piece he was working on. He left it unfinished when he died in the early morning of December fifth of 1791. He left the world they way he had entered it; playing music. Wolfgang Mozart was a true lover of music to the very end.