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'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''' (1756-1791) was an [[Austria]]n [[composer]] during the [[Classical period (music)|Classical Period]]. Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, Mozart was born in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], on January 27, 1756.  Mozart was educated by his father, Leopold Mozart, a well-known violinist also remembered for his treatise on violin-playing.

'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''' (1756-1791) was a [[German]]/[[Austria]]n<ref>Born in Salzburg, now part of Austria, but then a part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] of the German Nation. Mozart considered himself to be "German"; German was at that time an ethnic term, before the advent of the nation-state of modern-day "Germany".</ref> [[composer]] during the [[Classical period (music)|Classical Period]]. Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, Mozart was born in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], on January 27, 1756.  Mozart was educated by his father, Leopold Mozart, a well-known violinist also remembered for his treatise on violin-playing.

During Mozart's short life he wrote more than forty [[symphony|symphonies]], twenty-two [[opera]]s, twenty-three [[string quartet]]s, twenty-seven [[concerto]]s for the piano and [[orchestra]], and thirty-six sonatas for violin and piano. The catalogue of his works (known as the Köchel catalogue, abbreviated as K.) includes over 626 entries.<ref>Number 626, the final numerical listing in the Köchel catalogue, is given to Mozart's final unfinished composition, the ''Requiem'', but since the original catalogue was completed, several works have been discovered, and the order of individual works has been shuffled. When adding the newly-discovered works, no new numbers were added, rather sandwiching several works under the same number (e.g. K. 173c).</ref>

During Mozart's short life he wrote more than forty [[symphony|symphonies]], twenty-two [[opera]]s, twenty-three [[string quartet]]s, twenty-seven [[concerto]]s for the piano and [[orchestra]], and thirty-six sonatas for violin and piano. The catalogue of his works (known as the Köchel catalogue, abbreviated as K.) includes over 626 entries.<ref>Number 626, the final numerical listing in the Köchel catalogue, is given to Mozart's final unfinished composition, the ''Requiem'', but since the original catalogue was completed, several works have been discovered, and the order of individual works has been shuffled. When adding the newly-discovered works, no new numbers were added, rather sandwiching several works under the same number (e.g. K. 173c).</ref>