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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[a][b] (27 January


    1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and
    influential composer of the Classical period.
    Despite his short life, his rapid pace of
    composition resulted in more than 800 works
    representing virtually every Western classical
    genre of his time. Many of these compositions
    are acknowledged as pinnacles of the
    symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic,
    and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely
    regarded as one of the greatest composers in
    the history of Western music,[1] with his music
    admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal
    elegance and its richness of harmony and
    texture".[2]

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Portrait, c. 1781

    Born 27 January 1756


    Getreidegasse 9,
    Salzburg

    Died 5 December 1791


    (aged 35)
    Vienna

    Works List of compositions

    Spouse Constanze Weber

    Parents Leopold Mozart


    Anna Maria Mozart

    Relatives Mozart family

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    Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious


    ability from his earliest childhood. At age five,
    he was already competent on keyboard and
    violin, had begun to compose, and performed
    before European royalty. His father took him on
    a grand tour of Europe and then three trips to
    Italy. At 17, he was a musician at the Salzburg
    court but grew restless and travelled in search
    of a better position. Mozart's search for
    employment led to positions in Paris,
    Mannheim, Munich, and again in Salzburg,
    during which he wrote his five violin concertos,
    Sinfonia Concertante, and Concerto for Flute
    and Harp, as well as sacred pieces and
    masses, the motet Exsultate Jubilate, and the
    opera Idomeneo, among other works.

    While visiting Vienna in 1781, Mozart was


    dismissed from his Salzburg position. He
    stayed in Vienna, where he achieved fame but
    little financial security. During Mozart’s early
    years in Vienna, he produced several notable
    works, such as the opera Die Entführung aus
    dem Serail, the Great Mass in C Minor, the
    "Haydn" Quartets and a number of
    symphonies. Throughout his Vienna years,
    Mozart composed over a dozen piano
    concertos, many considered some of his
    greatest achievements. In the final years of his
    life, Mozart wrote many of his best-known
    works, including his last three symphonies,
    culminating in the Jupiter Symphony, the
    serenade Eine kleine Nachtmusik, his Clarinet
    Concerto, the four operas Le nozze di Figaro,
    Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and Die
    Zauberflöte and his Requiem. The Requiem
    was largely unfinished at the time of his death
    at age 35, the circumstances of which are
    uncertain and much mythologised.

    Life and career

    Appearance and character

    Works, musical style, and


    innovations

    Influence

    References

    Further reading

    External links

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