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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsaʁt], baptismal name Johannes
Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart[1] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a
prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many
acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral
music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. 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 traveled 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 the Requiem. The circumstances of his early death have
been much mythologized. He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons.
Mozart learned voraciously from others, and developed a brilliance and maturity of style that
encompassed the light and graceful along with the dark and passionate. His influence on
subsequent Western art music is profound. Beethoven wrote his own early compositions in the
shadow of Mozart, of whom Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will not see such a talent again in
100 years."[2]
Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart[1] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a
prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many
acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral
music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. 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 traveled 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 the Requiem. The circumstances of his early death have
been much mythologized. He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons.
Mozart learned voraciously from others, and developed a brilliance and maturity of style that
encompassed the light and graceful along with the dark and passionate. His influence on
subsequent Western art music is profound. Beethoven wrote his own early compositions in the
shadow of Mozart, of whom Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will not see such a talent again in
100 years."[2]