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Although the mystery lives on, experts agree it's very unlikely that Antonio Salieri killed this prolific composer |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
2024-01-23 |
#26 |
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At the age of 3 in Salzburg, he began to mimic the keyboard playing of his 7-year-old sister Nannerl |
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COMPOSERS & THEIR KIN |
2023-10-10 |
#8947 |
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Here'sa bit from his exuberant "Jupiter" symphony |
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COMPOSERS |
2022-03-31 |
#8609 |
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Marcus Weeks' bio of this composer is subtitled "The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music" |
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2021-04-07 |
#8373 |
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"Amadeus": Tom Hulce as him |
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FILM COMPOSERS |
2020-01-08 |
#8133 |
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In 1785 he dedicated a set of 6 string quartets to the much older Joseph Haydn |
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A DEDICATED COMPOSER |
2017-12-28 |
#7664 |
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Franz Sussmayr, a pupil of this composer, completed his "Requiem" after his death |
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LESSER-KNOWN COMPOSERS |
2010-04-27 |
#5907 |
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He died at 35 in 1791 & was buried in a multiple grave--standard at the time in Vienna for a person of his standing |
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COMPOSERS |
2006-10-13 |
#5080 |
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"La Clemenza di Tito", this Austrian's last opera, premiered just 3 months before his untimely death |
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COMPOSERS |
2005-11-15 |
#4872 |
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Beethoven's father tried to promote him as a child prodigy, like this Salzburg-born genius |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
2004-11-29 |
#4656 |
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Supposedly Gustav Mahler's last word was the name of this Salzburg-born composer |
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COMPOSERS |
2004-06-30 |
#4578 |
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Part of this composer's "Requiem" is heard here |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
2003-09-10 |
#4368 |
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Both he & his father Leopold were concertmasters for the archbishop of Salzburg |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
2000-11-14 |
#3727 |
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It was musicographer Ludwing Von Kochel who assigned the "K" numbers to this man's musical works |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
2000-11-01 |
#3718 |
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Baptized Joannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, he commonly called himself Wolfgang Amade |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
1999-10-20 |
#3478 |
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His father Leopold called him "The miracle which God let be born in Salzburg" |
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COMPOSERS |
1997-05-09 |
#2935 |
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His father was vice kappellmeister to the court of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
1997-03-31 |
#2906 |
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Joseph Haydn told this man's father, "Your son is the greatest composer I know" |
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1997-01-21 |
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Composer of the opera that includedthe following; it premiered in Vienna, May 1, 1786: |
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COMPOSERS |
1997-01-10 |
#2850 |
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This Austrian's opera "Cosi fan tutte" was commissioned by Emperor Joseph II |
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COMPOSERS & RULERS |
1996-07-03 |
#2743 |
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He composed "The Magic Flute" to help out a friend who managed a theatre |
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COMPOSERS |
1996-05-17 |
#2710 |
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1790's "Cosi Fan Tutte" was his first opera commission since 1787's "Don Giovanni" |
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COMPOSERS |
1996-03-05 |
#2657 |
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Legend says he didn't compose the overture to "Don Giovanni" until the night before its first performance |
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COMPOSERS |
1995-12-11 |
#2596 |
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Hes sister Maria Anna was a fine harpsichordist: as children in the 1760s they gave dual concerts |
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COMPOSERS |
1995-10-19 |
#2559 |
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In 1770 the pope made this "Magic Flute" composer a knight of the Golden Spur |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
1995-06-29 |
#2509 |
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In 1781 he lost his job with the Archbishop of Salzburg & moved to Vienna |
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COMPOSERS |
1995-05-05 |
#2470 |
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This Austrian's older sister, Maria Anna, was a child prodigy, too; they often performed together |
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COMPOSERS' RELATIVES |
1994-12-02 |
#2360 |
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His intermezzo "Apollo et Hyacinthus" premiered in Salzburg in 1767; he was just 11 years old |
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COMPOSERS |
1994-02-25 |
#2190 |
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His father, a Salzburg teacher, wrote a treatise on the fundamental principles of violin playing |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
1993-11-18 |
#2119 |
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Before he was 10, this Austrian had played for Maria Theresa & France's Louis XV |
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS |
1993-05-26 |
#2023 |
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His "Nachtmusik" is lost but "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" survives |
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COMPOSERS |
1993-03-25 |
#1979 |
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Austria put his picture on its 5,000 schilling note to honor the 200th anniversary of his death in 1991 |
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COMPOSERS |
1991-07-19 |
#1605 |
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Gustav Holst composed "The Planets" & he wrote the "Jupiter Symphony" |
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COMPOSERS |
1991-05-20 |
#1561 |
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An authentic signature of his is more likely to include the middle name Amadei instead of Amadeus |
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COMPOSERS |
1991-04-30 |
#1547 |
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In 1762, he toured Europe as a 6-year-old prodigy |
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COMPOSERS |
1986-12-30 |
#537 |