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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Name: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Birthday: 1756-01-27
  • Place of birth: Salzburg, Austria
  • Popularity: 1.082
Biography: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so that in 1762 at the age of six, his father took him with his elder sister on a concert tour to Munich and Vienna and a second one from 1763-66 through the south of Germany, Paris and London. Mozart was celebrated as a wonder child everywhere because of his excellent piano playing and his improvisations. In 1769 he became the concertmaster of the Archbishop and was knighted by the Pope in Rome. Working in Salzburg he nevertheless travelled around Europe to meet other... Read More

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