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Wolfgang amadeus7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Romantic writers and authors used the nickname to proclaim their worship for Mozart, eventually turning ‘Amadeus’ into everyone’s preferred nickname for the classical giant. He composed it in Vienna in 17, after his marriage, when he moved to Vienna from Salzburg. Seven years later, the publishing company Breitkopf & Härtel produced an edition of Mozart’s complete works under the name – but the real dominance of ‘Amadeus’ began around 1810, 19 years after the composer’s death. The day Mozart died, on 5 December 1791, his name was entered in the records of the Vienna Magistrate as ‘Wolfgang Amadeus’. He composed over six hundred works, many acknowledged as. In 1998, Mozart scholar Michael Lorenz found a document dated May 1787, in which ‘Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus’ is referred to in conjunction with his friend, Franz Jakob Freystädtler. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Aside from his wedding contract, only once during his lifetime was Mozart referred to as ‘Wolfgang Amadeus’ in an official document. On his marriage certificate to Constanze Weber, he signed his name ‘Wolfgang Amade Mozart’.īut Amadeus was just that – a nickname. Born in Salzburg in 1756, the composer started receiving music lessons from his father at the age of four. ![]() His inspiration is often described as 'divine', but he worked assiduously, not only to become the great composer he was, but also a conductor, virtuoso pianist, organist and violinist. Mozart seemed pretty attached to his nickname. Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (17561791) was arguably the most gifted musician in the history of classical music. ![]()
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