Who was Mozart?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756.  He died at the age of 35 under strange circumstances; some say it was a fever.  He was buried in an unmarked grave.  He composed during the Classical period. His contemporary composers were people like Ludwig van Beethoven.

Mozart is probably the greatest genius in the history of western music, perhaps in the history of the world.  He began composing at the age of five. By the time he was nine he was writing symphonies!  When he was six his sister and he toured Europe, playing several instruments for kings and queens. Mozart excelled in every form in which he composed. 

 “Mozart wrote his first opera, Mitridate Re di Ponto, in 1770 when he was only 14 years old. He had actually written a few earlier operas, but they were performed only in the Archbishop’s court in Salzburg. Over his career, Mozart wrote 17 operas. The most famous include The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni.  Mozart’s more than 600 works include 41 symphonies, of which Eine Kleine Nachtmusic is probably the most well-known.  Mozart married Constanze Weber in 1782. He had first proposed to Constanze’s older sister, who had rejected his suit. In spite of this earlier proposal and financial difficulties, their marriage was a happy one until Mozart’s death in 1791 at the age of 35.”