Mozart was amazingly fast at learning music. When Mozart was four years old, he could already play violin. Mozart's first concerto was so confusing that no one could understand it correctly. Mozart wrote his first symphony at age eight and became a concertmaster at thirteen.

He was also good at other things. He loved to do math and study geography. Although he was a very fast learner, his musical obligations kept him from going to school. However, he learned about fifteen languages because he traveled so much to perform concerts.

While they were on the road, Mozart and his father, Leopold, wrote lots of letters to the rest of his family. Mozart wasn't always working on music; sometimes he went to the carnival, played with his toys, or shopped for wigs.

Mozart was famous for many compositions such as Rondo Alla Turca, Lacrymosa, and the operas, Don Giovonni and The Magic Flute. He wrote many more concertos, symphonies, and ensembles, as well as church and ballet music -- in all, about six hundred pieces.

Mozart performed mainly in special concerts for the nobility, but he also worked for an unhappy time as a musical servant to the Archbishop of Salzburg. Mostly, he performed alone, but sometimes with his sister or his friend, Thomas Linley. He was greatly influenced by his mentor and teacher, Franz Joseph Haydn.

I will remember Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the best musician ever. Will you?