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| − | (1756-1791) Austrian composer. Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, Mozart was born in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], on January 27, 1756. Mozart was | + | (1756-1791) Austrian composer. Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, Mozart was born in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], on January 27, 1756. Mozart was educated at home by his father, [[Leopold Mozart]], a well-known violinist. |
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(1756-1791) Austrian composer. Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756. Mozart was educated at home by his father, Leopold Mozart, a well-known violinist.
Mozart had harpsichord lessons at three, composed at four, and when he was seven played the harpsichord, organ, and the violin. He wrote two sets of sonatas for the harpsichord and the violin, which were published in France when he was seven. Mozart also composed two symphonies in England when he was eight, an opera buffa at eleven, la finta semplive for Joseph II of Austria, and opera seria at fourteen, mitridate, re di ponto. During Mozart's short life he wrote more than forty symphonies, twenty-two operas, twenty-three string quartets, twenty-five concertos for the piano and orchestra, and thirty-five sonatas for violin and piano. There are over six hundred and twenty-six known works.
Mozart died in Vienna on December 5, 1791, at the age of 35.