wolfgang amadeus mozart

     

Wolfgang Amaeus Mozart (IPA: [ˈvɔlfgaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsart], baptized Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His 600 compositions include works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire.

Trivia about wolfgang amadeus mozart

  • A Prague museum devoted to this composer contains the rooms where he finished "Don Giovanni"
  • This composer dedicated a set of 6 quartets to Haydn, who was 24 years his senior
  • This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5
  • He's the 18th-century musical prodigy seen here
  • He might turn in his pauper's grave when people use the following ring on their phones
  • Giuseppe Gazzaniga & this composer based their "Don Giovanni" operas on the same libretto
  • By the age of 5 this 18th century child prodigy known as Wolferl was already composing music
  • He wrote a 1779 coronation mass though depressed over his mother's death, his failed relationship & unfulfilled goals