Mozart's Childhood

Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He started when he was four by making his own composition and studying violin. He said that all his activities be accompanied by music. When her was six he went on a tour all through Europe by stagecoach. He played for royalty, well-known people and in bars. At age seven he proposed marriage to Marie Antoinette. When Mozart was eight he composed symphonies. At age eleven he wrote his first opera. He was known as the most kissed boy in Europe.

Mozart was ill a lot and many people wandered how much longer he would live. He was very sweet and loving. He never had to go to school, his father gave him lessons.

As a child Mozart was very cute with rosy cheeks and bright eyes. When he was an adult he had yellowish skin all scarred from smallpox and he big bulgy eyes.

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