Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1: About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Published: Sept. 5, 2020, 5 a.m.

When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sat down at the keyboard at the age of three, it was clear to his father Leopold that he had a genius on his hands. From the first pieces he composed as a five-year-old, to the Requiem he was working on when he died, right before his 35th birthday, Mozart wrote an astonishing amount of beautiful music.