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MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Born: Salzburg, January 27, 1756
Died: Vienna, December 5, 1791

Biographical Data

Baptised Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Pupil of his father, Leopold Mozart, and of Padre Martini. A child prodigy, made his first public performance as a keyboard player (at first on the harpsichord and later on the piano) in Munich and Vienna in 1762, sometimes with his sister Maria Anna. He traveled to Germany, France, England, and Italy, his first published compositions appearing during a stay in Paris in 1763. Konzertmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg from 1769 and court organist there from 1779. Settled in Vienna in 1781, where he was chamber composer to the Emperor from 1788.

Major Works

• Vocal works.

  • Operas

    • Bastien und Bastienne

    • Mitridate

    • Ascanio in Alba

    • Lucio Silia

    • La finta giardiniera

    • Il re pastore

    • Idomeneo

    • Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

    • Der Schauspieldirektor

    • Le nozze di Figaro

    • Don Giovanni

    • Cosi fan tutte

    • Die Zauberflote

    • La clemenza di Tito.

  • Masses

    • Coronation Mass

    • Requiem (unfinished).

  • Motets.

• Keyboard works.

  • 2 piano quartets

  • 7 piano trios

  • 17 piano sonatas

  • 3 fantasias

  • 15 sets of variations

  • 5 sonatas for piano (four-hands).

• Chamber music works.

  • Concertone

  • Eine kleine Nachtmusik

  • 5 string quintets

  • 23 string quartets

  • 4 flute quartets

  • oboe quartet clarinet quartet

  • horn quintet

  • 42 violin sonatas.

• Orchestral works.

  • About 50 symphonies (41 have been numbered in series)

  • 25 piano concertos

  • Concerto for 2 pianos

  • Concerto for 3 pianos

  • 6 violin concertos.

Source: Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music, Don Michael Randel, Eleventh Printing, 1994, Copyright 1978, The Belkap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.