Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer born in Salzburg in 1756, a child prodigy; died in Vienna in 1791 with the Requiem unfinished.
Person27 Jan 1756 – 5 Dec 1791
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Order of the Golden Spur
Philharmonic Academy of Bologna
Freemasonry
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Constanze Mozart
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- Freemasonrysince 14 Dec 1784
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- Order of the Golden Spursince Jul 1770
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- Constanze Mozart4 Aug 1782 – 5 Dec 1791
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Appears in76 items
- Eras of Classical Music5 items
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Born in the Getreidegasse, Salzburg27 Jan 1756
- Baptised Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus28 Jan 1756
- First pieces, in Nannerl’s music book1761
- First journey: MunichJan 1762
- Vienna and Pressburg18 Sep 1762
- Schönbrunn: into the Empress’s lap13 Oct 1762
- Wasserburg: the organ pedals, standing upJun 1763
- The grand tour9 Jun 1763
- Frankfurt: concerts Goethe rememberedAug 1763
- New Year’s Day at Versailles1 Jan 1764
- Opus 1: sonatas printed in Paris1764
- Before George III at Buckingham House27 Apr 1764
- A first symphony, in ChelseaAug 1764
- Examined by Daines BarringtonJun 1765
- Both children near death at The HagueOct 1765
- Vienna, Olmütz and smallpox11 Sep 1767
- A mass for the orphanage church7 Dec 1768
- Salzburg court yearsNov 1769
- First Italian journey13 Dec 1769
- Rome: Allegri’s Miserere in the Sistine Chapel11 Apr 1770
- Knight of the Golden SpurJul 1770
- Admitted to the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna9 Oct 1770
- Mitridate, re di Ponto, Milan26 Dec 1770
- Second Italian journey13 Aug 1771
- Ascanio in Alba17 Oct 1771
- The Empress advises against hiring him12 Dec 1771
- Colloredo becomes Prince-Archbishop14 Mar 1772
- Third Italian journey24 Oct 1772
- Lucio Silla, Milan26 Dec 1772
- Exsultate, jubilate17 Jan 1773
- The violin concertos1775
- La finta giardiniera, Munich13 Jan 1775
- The “Jenamy” piano concertoJan 1777
- Mannheim and Paris23 Sep 1777
- Augsburg: the Bäsle and Stein’s pianosOct 1777
- Mannheim: Aloysia WeberJan 1778
- The Paris Symphony at the Concert Spirituel18 Jun 1778
- His mother dies in Paris3 Jul 1778
- Munich: Aloysia turns him downDec 1778
- Back in Salzburg as court organist17 Jan 1779
- Idomeneo, Munich29 Jan 1781
- The Vienna decade16 Mar 1781
- Kicked out of the Archbishop’s service8 Jun 1781
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail16 Jul 1782
- Marries Constanze Weber4 Aug 1782
