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Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music. His enormous output of more than six hundred compositions includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of European composers, and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire.
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* 1 Life
o 1.1 Family and early years
o 1.2 The years of travel
o 1.3 Mozart in Vienna
o 1.4 Mozart and Prague
o 1.5 Final illness and death
* 2 Works, musical style, and innovations
o 2.1 Style
o 2.2 Influence
o 2.3 The Köchel catalogue
* 3 Myths and controversies
o 3.1 Amadeus (1984)
* 4 Media
o 4.1 Orchestral
o 4.2 Vocal
o 4.3 Piano
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading
* 8 External links
o 8.1 General reference
o 8.2 Scores
o 8.3 Recordings
o 8.4 Specific topics

Life

Family and early years
Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg, Austria
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Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg, Austria
Plaque on wall outside Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg, Austria
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Plaque on wall outside Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg, Austria

Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, in the front room of nine Getreidegasse in Salzburg, the capital of the sovereign Archbishopric of Salzburg, in what is now Austria, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. His only sibling who survived beyond infancy was an older sister: Maria Anna, nicknamed Nannerl. Mozart was baptized the day after his birth at St. Rupert's Cathedral. The baptismal record gives his name in...