Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. His enormous output includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Many of his works are part of the standard concert repertory and are widely recognized as masterpieces of the classical style. Mozart himself is universally recognized as a musical genius, having learned to compose at the age of five and showing an encyclopedic grasp of every musical form of his time despite having lived only for 35 years.

Further reading

• Braunbehrens, Volkmar: Mozart in Vienna: 1781-1791, Timothy Bell Trans, HarperPerennial, 1986 ISBN 0-06-0997405-2
• Aloys Greither: Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, 1962
• Robert W. Gutman: Mozart: A Cultural Biography, Random, 2001 ISBN 015100482X
• H. C. Robbins Landon: 1791: Mozart's Last Year, Thames & Hudson, 1988 ISBN 0500281076
• Massimo Mila: Lettura delle Nozze di Figaro, Einaudi, 1979 ISBN 8806189379
• Stanley Sadie, ed.: Mozart and his Operas, St. Martin's, 2000 ISBN 031224410X
• Maynard Solomon: Mozart: a life, Harper, 1996 ISBN 0060926929
• Hershel Jick: A Listener's Guide to Mozart's Music, Vantage, 1997 ISBN 0553123089
• Marcia Davenport: Mozart, The Chautauqua Press, 1932