Mozart Written by: Ivan Tarnawsky Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is, in the opinion of many people, the greatest composer who ever lived. Some of us happen to fancy Gershwin, but hey, Mozart is older. Mozart was born in Salzburg on January 27, 1956. On January 24, 1761 when Mozart was only five years old, he learned now to play his first piece of music, a scherzo by Georg Christof Wagenseil. Mozart’s first documented performance was on September first, 1761 as …showed first 75 words of 500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 500 total…typhus. Mozart died at age 35. And if you have seen the movie AMADEUS then you should know that there are TONS of discrepancies between the movie and the truth, the most notable one being that Antonio Salieri never tried to assassinate Mozart. Mozart had more then one unfinished piece when he died, the most notable one being Requiem. Mozart also composed for the piano, orchestra, violin, and wrote ballet music, duets, ensembles, canons and others.