Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeus
ˈmoːtsart], full name Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27
January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a prolific and influential composer
of the Classical era. He composed over six hundred works, many
acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano,
operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of
classical composers.
Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in
Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the
age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was
engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled
in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. Visiting
Vienna in 1781 he was dismissed from his Salzburg position and chose to
