When was mozart born and died

Learn about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a popsicle stick theater production from the MakingMusicFun.net Music Academy. It's one of many online piano lesson resources for kids that we've created to make learning fun.

Meet Mozart | Composer Biography for Kids (Lesson Transcript)

Meet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria - the home of castles, wiener schnitzel, and Mozartkugel - a chocolate candy created in 1890 to honor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Wolfgang was no ordinary kid. By the time he was four years old, he was composing short pieces that his father wrote down for him. By the time he was six, he and his sister Maria were touring Europe with their father to play music for kings and queens.

Mozart loved to compose music. He composed music at the dinner table. He composed music about a cat - probably because he liked acting like a cat. He even composed music while his wife was ha Carousel!