Essay on Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered to be one of the smartest people of all time. His father Leopold Mozart already knew “that this genius is the mark of divine favor, so to be received and guided” (Davenport 8). With an IQ of 165, he is among one of the greats like Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci. In “The Art of a Genius: Eight ways to think like Einstein” by Michael Michalko, he explains all the traits that you need to have to be a genius. The traits that Michalko explains in his story are the same traits that are found in Mozart. The traits that are connected between Mozart and the story are that: geniuses make their thought visible and geniuses produce.
Music makes the people think what the composer is trying to say by listening to the music. Each piece of music has a different story, just like how each book has a different story. Writing music is similar to writing a book, it has its big climax near the end and resolution to finish it off. At the age of four, when Mozart played a third on the piano, he felt happy and he wanted to bring that same joy to people around the world. As a composer, you make your thoughts and feelings visible on every composition that you write. Mozart did this every time with every piece of music that he wrote. In his song, “Alla Turca”, it has different varieties of music portrayed in the song. The beginning starts off very cheerful and fast. Then in the middle of the song, it goes up and down in sound. The ending is big and magical, like if you were in a carnival.
From the time he composed his first piece of music at the age of nine, Mozart produced many songs throughout his whole life. In all, Mozart composed over 600 compositions, and he only lived to be 35. Mozart even tried completing compositions when he was terribly sick and on his deathbed he tried and finished his last composition “Requiem”, but passed away before he could finish it.
Mozart is one of the smartest being of all time because of his capability to make music throughout his whole life. He capability of thinking is up there with Leonardo Da Vinci and Albert Einstein. His dad knew when he was little that Mozart would be great and be a musical phenomenon. He has these traits that are related to Mr. Michalko story, so Mozart should not only be considered a genius, but a musical powerhouse of all time.