![]() The circumstances of his death have been much mythologized. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of his early death at the age of 35. He chose to stay in Vienna, where he achieved fame but little financial security. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. ![]() At 17, Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position. ![]() ![]() Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.īorn in Salzburg, in the Holy Roman Empire, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. ![]()
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