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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was an [[Austria]]n [[composer]]. Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, Mozart was born in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], on January 27, 1756. Mozart was educated at home by his father, [[Leopold Mozart]], a well-known violinist.
'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''' (1756-1791) was an [[Austria]]n [[composer]]. Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, Mozart was born in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], on January 27, 1756. Mozart was educated at home by his father, [[Leopold Mozart]], a well-known violinist.
Mozart had [[harpsichord]] lessons at three, composed at four, and by the time he was seven played the harpsichord, [[organ]], and the [[violin]]. He wrote two sets of sonatas for the harpsichord and the violin, which were published in [[France]] when he was seven. Mozart also composed two symphonies in [[England]] when he was eight, an ''opera buffa'' at eleven, ''la finta semplice'' for [[Joseph II]] of Austria, and ''opera seria'' at fourteen, ''Mitridate, re di Ponto''. During Mozart's short life he wrote more than forty symphonies, twenty-two operas, twenty-three string quartets, twenty-five concertos for the piano and orchestra, and thirty-five sonatas for violin and piano. There are over six hundred and twenty-six known works.
Mozart had [[harpsichord]] lessons at three, composed at four, and by the time he was seven played the harpsichord, [[organ]], and the [[violin]]. He wrote two sets of sonatas for the harpsichord and the violin, which were published in [[France]] when he was seven. Mozart also composed two symphonies in [[England]] when he was eight, an ''opera buffa'' at eleven, ''la finta semplice'' for [[Joseph II]] of Austria, and ''opera seria'' at fourteen, ''Mitridate, re di Ponto''. During Mozart's short life he wrote more than forty symphonies, twenty-two operas, twenty-three string quartets, twenty-five concertos for the piano and orchestra, and thirty-five sonatas for violin and piano. There are over six hundred and twenty-six known works.