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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. His father, Leopold Mozart, a noted composer, instructor, and the author of famous writings on violin playing, was then in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg. Leopold and Anna Maria, his wife, stressed the importance of music to their children. Together with his sister, Nannerl, Wolfgang received such intensive musical training that by the age of six he was a budding composer and an accomplished keyboard performer. In 1762 Leopold presented his son as performer at the imperial court in Vienna, Austria, and from 1763 to 1766 he escorted both children on a continuous musical tour across Europe, which included long stays in Paris, France, and London, England, as well as visits to many other cities, with appearances before the French and English royal families.

Mozart was the most celebrated child prodigy (an unusually gifted child) of this time as a keyboard performer. He also made a great impression as a composer and improviser (one who arranges or creates). In London he won the admiration of mus

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composer (1756–1791)

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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 and proficiency from an early age 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 repertoires. Mozart is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture".

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

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Mozart: child prodigy, melodic genius, Romantic forerunner... and our greatest composer?

Read on for our brief guide to the life and work of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the most gifted composers of his or any other era.

Who was Mozart?

Mozart was a great composer: one of the very greatest composers, in fact. And, before that, he was a child prodigy. From the age of seven, Mozart spent much of his childhood on tour, paraded by his father before potential patrons, academics and professional musicians.

When was Mozart born?

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, to give him his full and rather impressive name, was born on 27 January 1756, in the Austrian city of Salzburg.

Where did Mozart grow up?

Mozart grew up in Salzburg, where his father Leopold worked as a composer, violinist and theorist.

The young prodigy

It became apparent early on that the young Wolfgang was that rare thing: a musical prodigy. His father, Leopold Mozart, referred to him as 'the miracle that God allowed to be born in Salzburg.'

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