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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Mozart, trivia and information, including some useful details of facts about the life events of this famous composer will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about this famous classical composer and musician are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Mozart is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he was one of the leading musicians of the Classical period

  • Fact 2 - Full name: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Fact 3 - Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria
  • Fact 4 - His sister's name was Maria Anna who was five years older than Wolfgang
  • Fact 5 - The pet names of the children were Wolferl and Nannerl
  • Fact 6 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart started to study when he was four
  • Fact 7 - Mozart went on a concert tour with his sister when he was 6 years old - he was the greatest child star that ever lived
  • Fact 8 - When he was a child he visited many great cities, among them Paris, London and Vienna
  • Fact 9 - Handel and Haydn were living when Mozart was born
  • Fact 10 - Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and Walter Scott were all alive during the time of Mozart
  • Fact 11 - Mozart was 5 years old when he wrote his first composition
  • Fact 12 - Mozart wrote over 600 works during his lifetime, including 41 symphonies  and 27 piano concertos
  • Fact 13 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned to speak 15 different languages
  • Fact 14 - Mozart composed very quickly and wrote huge amounts of music
  • Fact 15 - He was extremely extravagant and constantly in debt
  • Fact 16 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died of of kidney failure December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria
  • Fact 17 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was buried in a pauper's grave
  • Fact 18 - His music lives on and the musical works of Mozart include the following:
    • The Requiem
    • Operas include:
      • Don Giovanni
      • The Marriage of Figaro
      • The Magic Flute

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