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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Started composing at 5, left 600 works, died at 35

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Portrait: Barbara Krafft (1819), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source

Born Jan 27, 1756 · Died Dec 5, 1791

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At 0

  1. Jan 27, 1756

    Born in Salzburg

    One of only two of seven children who survived. His father was a court musician.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 5

  1. c. 1761

    First composition at 5

    His father wrote it down for him.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 6

  1. Oct 1762

    Played for the empress at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna

    He was 6. It was the start of a tour of the European courts.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 7

  1. Jun 1763

    Set out on a three-and-a-half-year tour of Europe

    Paris, London, and more. He became famous as a prodigy.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 12

  1. c. 1768

    First opera at 12

    La finta semplice. Its Vienna staging was blocked.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 14

  1. Jul 1770

    Given the Order of the Golden Spur by the pope

    At 14. He is famous for writing out a guarded Sistine Chapel score after hearing it once.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 17

  1. c. 1773

    Took a court musician post in Salzburg

    At 17. The pay was small and the job felt confining.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 25

  1. Jun 1781

    Broke with the archbishop and went freelance in Vienna

    At 25, one of the first freelance composers in history.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 26

  1. Aug 4, 1782

    Married Constanze Weber

    He went ahead over his father's objections.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 30

  1. May 1, 1786

    The Marriage of Figaro premiered

    At 30. Prague took to it far more than Vienna did.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 31

  1. Oct 29, 1787

    Don Giovanni premiered in Prague

    He was 31.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 32

  1. Aug 1788

    Wrote his last three symphonies in six summer weeks

    At 32, Nos. 39, 40, and 41, written while he was deep in debt.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 35

  1. Sep 30, 1791

    The Magic Flute premiered

    At 35. A big success. He was dead two months later.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Dec 5, 1791

    Died at 35, leaving the Requiem unfinished

    The cause is still argued over.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

Sources: en.wikipedia.org