Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full name Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was an Austrian composer and virtuoso musician. Mozart is one of the greatest composers in music history on par with Beethoven and Haydn.

Wolfgang was born into the family of violinist and composer Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), at the age of five he had already begun composing and gave his first public performance. His older sister Maria Anna (1751-1829) was also a prodigy, and from 1763 Leopold and his children began traveling around Europe with performances.

Mozart had a phenomenal musical ear, memory and was a superb improviser. Unlike any other composer in music history, he was versatile and wrote in all musical genres of his time. During his short life, Mozart composed more than 800 works, many of which are recognized as the pinnacle of the symphonic, concert, chamber, opera and choral repertoire. The general public is familiar with the composer's three operas: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute.

Society did not immediately appreciate the scale of Mozart's genius. It was only many years later that the vivid image of a prodigy, a refined salon composer who could miraculously think through an entire work in his head, gave way to the image of a serious, meticulous and brilliant creator of music.

Date and place of birt:27 january 1756, Salzburg, Austria
Date and place of death:5 december 1791, Vienna, Austria
Period of activity: XVIII century
Specialization:Composer, Musicologist
Art style:Classicism

Creators Classicism

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Carl Friedrich Heinzmann (1795 - 1846)
Carl Friedrich Heinzmann
1795 - 1846
Gottfried Bürklein (1845 - 1908)
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1845 - 1908
Joseph Rabel (XVIII century - ?)
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XVIII century - ?
Josef August Stark (1782 - 1838)
Josef August Stark
1782 - 1838
Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (1783 - 1873)
Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy
1783 - 1873
William Gowe Ferguson (1632 - 1695)
William Gowe Ferguson
1632 - 1695
Ehsfir Mikhailovna Ginstling (1904 - 1993)
Ehsfir Mikhailovna Ginstling
1904 - 1993
Jusepe Martínez (1600 - 1682)
Jusepe Martínez
1600 - 1682
Robert Adam (1728 - 1792)
Robert Adam
1728 - 1792
Jan de Bray (1627 - 1697)
Jan de Bray
1627 - 1697
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 - 1806)
Kitagawa Utamaro
1753 - 1806
Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474 - 1554)
Benedetto da Rovezzano
1474 - 1554
Julius Eduard Helfft (1818 - 1894)
Julius Eduard Helfft
1818 - 1894
Jean-Laurent Mosnier (1743 - 1808)
Jean-Laurent Mosnier
1743 - 1808
Otto D. Douglas-Hill (1897 - 1972)
Otto D. Douglas-Hill
1897 - 1972
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