Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Homeschool Music Lesson Plans
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1685-1750) Austrian Classical Era Composer Preview and Print Preview and print this free printable composer biography by clicking on the green button.

Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart in 1756 in what is now Salzburg, Austria. His father Leopold Mozart was choir master, a minor composer and an experienced teacher. When Mozart's sister Nannerl was seven, she began keyboard lessons with her father while the three year old Mozart watched with fascination. Read more....

Create a Writing Assignment
Write a few paragraphs on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that includes facts about his life and music. Then ask your child to complete the project by watching and describing a recorded performance of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik on YouTube.com. The following questions will help to guide their critique.

1) What is the tempo of this piece? a) Allegro (Fast) b) Andante (Walking Speed) c) Largo (Very Slow)

2) Symphony orchestras are large music ensembles that average approximately 90 performers. This orchestra is a chamber orchestra. How many musicians are performing in this chamber orchestra?

3) Which of the following instruments perform in this video: Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Flute, Viola, Trumpet or Tuba

Print a Worksheet
Learn about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a free printable worksheet.

Mozart Word Search Worksheet
Mozart Multiplication Connect-the-Dot Worksheet
Mozart Coloring Page

Play Mozart's Music
Give your kids a hands-on music making experience. Ask your child's piano teacher about including the study of one of these pieces in their music lesson.

Piano
Marriage of Figaro for Easy/Level 1 Piano Solo
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Intermediate/Level 3 Piano Solo
Funeral March for Intermediate/Level 4 Piano Solo
Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) for
     Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo
Turkish March for Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo

Woodwinds and Brass
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Easy Flute Solo
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Easy Clarinet Solo
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Easy Trumpet Solo

Harp
Marriage of Figaro for Easy Harp Solo

Download a New Ringtone
Download Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) as your cell phone's new ringtone. Ask your kids who the composer is, or facts about the composer, when the phone rings. You may find yourself often asking, "Is that my phone", because you don't remember your own ringtone, but your kids will be enriched.

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