Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German: ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsaʁt, English see
fn.
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27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus
Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,2
was a prolific and influential composer of the...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German: ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsaʁt, English see
fn.
;1
27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus
Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,2
was a prolific and influential composer of the
Classical era.
Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.
Already competent on
keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before
European royalty.
At 17, he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew
restless and travelled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly.
While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position.
He
chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security.
During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies,
concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at
the time of his death.
The circumstances of his early death have been muc
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