Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Period: Classic

Born: Tuesday, January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria

Died: Monday, December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria

Nation of Origin: Austria

Major Works:

Idomeneo (1781)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (1782)
The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Don Giovanni (1787)
Cosi fan tutte (1790)
The Magic Flute (1791)
Many operas, symphonies, string quartets, and piano works

Other Information:


Composer Bibliography:

Einstein, Alfred, Mozart : His Character, His Work , Oxford Univ Pr ess, April 1991, ISBN: 0195007328


General Bibliography:

Blume, Friedrich, with Norton, M. D. (Translator) and Norton, Herter (Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN: 0393098680

Rosen, Charles, The Classical Style : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, W. W. Norton & Company, March 1997, ISBN: 0393040208

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679

Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109


Links to essays at other sites:

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Biographical essay from Wikipedia
The Mozart Project
Biography of Mozart's son, Franz Xaver


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