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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791) was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of the violinist and composer Leopold Mozart (1719?7). A child prodigy, he made his first professional tour (as a pianist and violinist) through Europe when he was six. He was a prolific composer, and traveled widely, but failed to find a permanent position. After some years in Salzburg as Konzertmeister to the archbishop, he resigned (1781) and settled in Vienna.
His operas “The Marriage of Figaro?(1786) and “Don Giovanni?(1787) made it impossible for the court still to overlook the composer, and he was appointed court composer to Joseph II in 1787. His compositions, numbering over 600, include several other operas - notably “Cos?fan tutte?(1790) and “The Magic Flute?(1791) - 41 symphonies, and many concertos, chamber works, and sonatas. In writing the “Requiem Mass?commissioned for Count Walsegg, he felt he was writing his own requiem; he died before it was finished.
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