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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756–1791 · 18th century

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer born in Salzburg who settled in Vienna in 1781 and became one of the greatest figures of the Viennese Classical style. A child prodigy who toured Europe, he wrote over 600 works, including the operas The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, symphonies, piano concertos and chamber music. He died in Vienna at the age of thirty-five, leaving his Requiem unfinished.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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