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