Short Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (IPA2 'v?lfga? ama'deus 'mo?tsart, full name Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical era. His more than 600 compositions include works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of ... Read More...
Country profile: Austria - BBC Europe Along with Switzerland, Austria forms Europe's neutral core. After annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and then Allied occupation, Austria's 1955 State Treaty declared the country "permanently neutral". There were some questions surrounding this when ...
Panetta / Backstage: Take a trip with Mozart - Peoria Journal Star Behind great art usually lies a great story. The case of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is no exception. Proficient on the harpsichord at 4, composing music at 5 and performing at 6 for the Austrian empress at her Vienna court, Mozart is one of those ...
Missing Mozart score discovered in Nantes library - Daily Telegraph The score, written on a single creased page without harmony or instrumentation marks, could be worth as much as £50,000. The single sheet was part of the collection of Pierre-Antoine Laboucheroe, an autograph collector who donated his legacy to a ...