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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756-1791)

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  • Composer
  • Writer
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so that in 1762 at the age of six, his father took him with his elder sister on a concert tour to Munich and Vienna and a second one from 1763-66 through the south of Germany, Paris and London. Mozart was celebrated as a wonder child everywhere because of his excellent piano playing and his improvisations.

In 1769 he became the concertmaster of the Archbishop and was knighted by the Pope in Rome. Working in Salzburg he nevertheless travelled around Europe to meet other composers and orchestras. But in 1781 after a dispute with the Archbishop he left Salzburg and went to Vienna where he married Constanze Weber from Mannheim. In Vienna he also started his friendship with Joseph Haydn and a time of many work pieces. In the last year of his life, for example, he wrote one of his masterpieces, "Die Zauberflöte". Although some of his operas were successful he could not make money from this and died in poverty at the age of 36, having even on his last day worked on a "Requiem". He was buried in a communal grave which could not be precisely identified years later.
BornJanuary 27, 1756
DiedDecember 5, 1791(35)
BornJanuary 27, 1756
DiedDecember 5, 1791(35)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination

Known for

Amadeus (1984)
Amadeus
8.4
  • Music Department
  • 1984
Paul Bettany in Priest (2011)
Priest
5.7
  • Soundtrack("Mozart: 3. Sequentia: Dies irae (Requiem in D minor, K. 626)", as Mozart, "Mozart: 3. Sequentia: Tuba mirum (Requiem in D minor, K. 626)")
  • 2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man (1987)
The Running Man
6.6
  • Soundtrack("Vedro Mentr'io Sospiro (The Count's Aria)")
  • 1987
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in Face/Off (1997)
Face/Off
7.3
  • Soundtrack("Ach, ich fühl's")
  • 1997

Credits

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Music Department

  • The Death Ox (2022)
    The Death Ox
    • composer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • 24 hours in Gethsemane
    • Music Department
    • 2022
  • Mozart: Don Giovanni (2022)
    Mozart: Don Giovanni
    • music
    • Video
    • 2022
  • Mozart: Idomeneo (2022)
    Mozart: Idomeneo
    • music
    • Video
    • 2022
  • Q Club (2022)
    Q Club
    • music
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (2021)
    Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
    • music
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Mozart: Don Giovanni (2021)
    Mozart: Don Giovanni
    • music
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Mozart: Così fan tutte (2021)
    Mozart: Così fan tutte
    • music
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Maya Maloskey in The Girl with a Destiny (2021)
    The Girl with a Destiny
    • Music Department
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Niño de Elche in eXtrañas heterodoXias (2021)
    eXtrañas heterodoXias
    • composer: Dies irae
    • Podcast Series
    • 2021
  • Det som inte kommer (2021)
    Det som inte kommer
    • Music Department
    • 2021
  • Cori Barnes, M.A. Taylor, Florence Price, Yuri Alves, and Xian Zhang in Emerge: Part II (2021)
    Emerge: Part II
    • with music by
    • 2021
  • Bad Blood (2021)
    Bad Blood
    • Music Department
    • 2021
  • Natalie Wynn in Envy (2021)
    Envy
    • music: "Lacrimosa"
    • 2021
  • Paganini Guitar Fest - Opening Concert (2021)
    Paganini Guitar Fest - Opening Concert
    • music
    • TV Movie
    • 2021

Composer

  • Hadrien Baudot in Mozart (2022)
    Mozart
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • All-Star Tiny Galaxy@Wontonmeen (2021)
    All-Star Tiny Galaxy@Wontonmeen
    • composer
    • 2021
  • Mozart: Divertimento in D Major (2021)
    Mozart: Divertimento in D Major
    • Composer
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Don Giovanni (2021)
    Don Giovanni
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Silent Night: A Song for the World (2020)
    Silent Night: A Song for the World
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • The Magicians Dreams (2020)
    The Magicians Dreams
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Silently Controlled (2019)
    Silently Controlled
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • Così (2019)
    Così
    • Composer (as Wolfgang Amedaeus Mozart)
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Mozart Under the Stars
    • Composer (as Wolfgang Amedaeus Mozart)
    • Video
    • 2018
  • Mozart Heroes (2015)
    Mozart Heroes
    • Composer (as Wolfgang Amedaeus Mozart)
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Don Giovanni (2013)
    Don Giovanni
    • composer (as Wolfgang Amedaeus Mozart)
    • 2013
  • Don Juan (2002)
    Don Juan
    • Composer (as Wolfgang Amedaeus Mozart)
    • TV Movie
    • 2002
  • Okean
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Cosi fan tutte
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1963
  • Die Zauberflöte
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955

Writer

  • Soraya Mafi in UNMUTE: A Musical Reunion (2020)
    UNMUTE: A Musical Reunion
    • writer
    • Video
    • 2020
  • Casanova Variations (2014)
    Casanova Variations
    • based on scenes by (as W. A. Mozart)
    • 2014
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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    • Apple Music
    • Deezer
  • Alternative names
    • V. Motsart
  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • January 27, 1756
    • Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Salzburg, Austria]
  • Died
    • December 5, 1791
    • Vienna, Austria, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire [now Austria](renal failure)
  • Spouse
    • Constanze WeberAugust 4, 1782 - December 5, 1791 (his death, 6 children)
  • Other works
    (August 31 to October 6, 2007) Moliere and his play, "Don Juan Giovanni," and Beaumarchais and his play, "Figaro," were performed in the Theatre De La Jeune Lune and American Repertory Theatre production at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dominique Serrand was director. Robert Woodruff was artistic director. Steven Epp, Dominique Serrand, Paul Walsh and Felicity Jones were original developers.
  • Publicity listings
    • 14 Biographical Movies
    • 15 Print Biographies
    • 9 Portrayals
    • 4 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Had a photographic memory, and could play an entire piece of music after hearing it only once.
  • Quotes
    [on his prolific compositions] I write as a sow piddles.

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