Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

张超

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a rare talent in the European music history. He is not only one of Europes greatest composers1 but also one of the most famous musicians in the world. He was regarded as one of the most outstanding composers and performers of all time in the world.

沃尔夫冈·阿玛多伊斯·莫扎特是欧洲音乐史上一位罕见的天才。他不仅是欧洲最伟大的作曲家之一，还是世界上最伟大的音乐家之一。他被认为是有史以来世界上最杰出的作曲家和指挥家。

Mozart was born in a court musician family in Salzburg， Austria on January 27th， 1756. His father was a music teacher. When he was very young Mozart had a strong love for music and he took daily music lessons from his father. And his father always encouraged him to play music hard.

1756年1月27日，莫扎特出生在奥地利萨尔斯堡一个宫廷乐师之家。他的父亲是一位音乐教师，莫扎特自幼就对音乐产生了浓浓的爱，每天都跟着父亲上音乐课，他的父亲也总是鼓励他努力地演奏音乐。

Mozart showed his special musical talents when he was very young. Because of this， he was known as “music wonder child”. He began to play the piano at the age of 3. When he was 5， he could not only play several musical instruments but had also composed a number of short pieces of music. When he was seven， he went with his family on a long tour. Everywhere he went， he won great cheers for his wonderful playing. At the age of 8， he wrote the first symphony2. When he was 11， he finished his first opera. When he was 14， he conducted the band of his first opera. It could be said that Mozart was born for music， and from the moment he was born， he was fused into music.

莫扎特自幼就展现出自己独特的音乐天赋，为此，人们称他“音乐神童”。他3岁时开始弹钢琴，5岁时不仅能演奏一些乐器，还能写出一些简短的曲谱，7岁时他和家人做了一次长途旅行，所到之处无不因为他的精彩表演而获得阵阵喝彩声，8岁时他写下了第一部交响乐，11岁时便完成了他的第一部歌剧，14岁时指挥乐队演出了该歌剧。可以说，莫扎特是为音乐而生的，从他出生的那一刻开始，他就和音乐融为一体了。

In 1781， Mozart moved to Vienna. Then he met Haydn there and they became great friends， and each learned a great deal from the other. They wrote their best music during the ten years of

their friendship of their lives. In 1791， Mozart became seriously ill and died in Vienna on December 5， at the age of 35. In fact， Mozart made his music into a “live-and-let-live” completely new place in the last year of his life， this very special time.

1781年莫扎特搬到了维也纳，在那里他遇见了海顿，他们成为了好朋友，从彼此那里学到了很多。在他们10年友谊期间，他们各自都创作出了一生中最优秀的曲子。1791年12月5日，莫扎特在维也纳病逝，享年35岁。事实上，莫扎特在他生命的最后一年，那段非常特殊的日子里，他的音乐已经进入了一个“和平共存”的全新境界。

Mozart was a very creative composer. He left more than 600 works during his 35 years short life period. His main works included 22 operas， including The Marriage of Figaro， Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute， 41 symphonies， 43 concertos3， 13 serenades4， 16 divertimentos5 and so on. In addition， his quartets6 are also excellent， equaled only by those of Haydn and Beethoven.endprint