- Had a photographic memory, and could play an entire piece of music after hearing it only once.
- Spoke 15 languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, Turkish, Russian, Bohemian (Czech), Polish, Dutch, Latin, Ancient Greek, and Biblical Hebrew.
- Could play the piano backward while lying on his back along the bench. He could also play the music itself backward from memory, as could Beethoven and Bach.
- Described Constanze in a letter to his father: "She is not ugly, but at the same time, far from beautiful. Her entire beauty consists of two little black eyes and a nice figure. She isn't witty, but has enough common sense to enable her to fulfill her duties of wife and mother... she understands housekeeping and has the kindest heart in the world. I love her and she loves me."
- Wrote Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major (aka "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) on August 10, 1787. Mozart's widow sold it, along with a large bundle of his compositions, to German composer and music publisher Johann André, who did not publish it until 1827.
- Reports of his writing music without revisions were proven right. Sheet music in his hand exist that have no corrections or re-inclusions.
- Began playing the harpsichord at the age of three.
- In honor of Mozart's 250th birthday, all the church bells in Salzburg were rung simultaneously at the exact hour of his birth.
- In Salzburg, Austria, his birthplace, there is a Mozart museum, and the Salzburg Festival, held every year, is largely devoted to his music. Many shops and streets in Salzburg are named after him as well.
- Children: Raimund Leopold (June 17 - August 19, 1783); Karl Thomas (September 21, 1784 - October 31, 1858); Johann Thomas Leopold (October 18 - November 15, 1786); Theresia Constanzia Adelheid Friedericke Maria Anna (December 27, 1787 - June 29, 1788); Anna Maria (b/d December 25, 1789); Franz Xaver Wolfgang (July 26, 1791 - July 29, 1844). Neither Karl or Franz married or had children.
- Was one of the greatest violinists in the world during his prime.
- Was so taken by the sound created by the "Glass Harmonica", an instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin, he composed The Adagio for Glass Harmonica (K 356), and The Adagio and Rondo (K. 617). The Rondo was written specifically for blind glass harmonica player Mariana Kirchgäßner.
- Contrary to popular belief, Mozart was not buried in a "mass grave", but in a regular communal grave according to the 1783 laws. The original grave site in St. Marx Cemetary has since been lost, but memorial gravestones have been placed where he is thought to be buried.
- Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart is the Latin version of his baptismal names. The first two are saints names because he was born on the feast of St John Chrysostom. Theophilus, which means lover of god (or loved by god), is the Greek version (after his grandfather. Theophilus in German is Gottlieb, in French it is Amadé (which the multilingual Mozart preferred) or in Latin it is Amadeus.
- Contrary to the story perpetuated by "Amadeus" author Peter Shaffer, there is absolutely no proof that Mozart was the victim of a deadly intrigue perpetrated by Antonio Salieri. Mozart disliked Salieri at first, blaming him and the other Italian composers at Emperor Joseph II's court for his difficulty in establishing himself, even accusing Salieri of trickery. However, contrary to what "Amadeus" insinuates, there's no evidence Salieri blocked Mozart from gaining appointments or staging his work. Whatever acrimony there may have been between them faded by 1785 as Mozart found success. In fact, Salieri and his mistress, Caterina Cavalieri, were Mozart's guests at the premier of "Die Zauberflöte".
- He preferred to be known as Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. The Latin Amadeus became popular because it is the name his widow used - both in the parish death register and when asking for a pension. A benefit held in Prague in 1791 was billed as "Concert in memory of Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart
- A Freemason. "The Magic Flute" has Masonic imagery.
- Composed his first 30 symphonies by the age of 18, and returned to composing in this genre 4 years later in Paris, the city which also happens to be the nickname of his 31st symphony and was very well received at its premier.
- The philosopher Søren Kierkegaard considered Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" to be the greatest work of art ever made. He devotes an entire essay in his book "Either/Or" to defending this claim.
- Often worked as a musical tutor.
- In 1809, Constanze married Danish diplomat Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761 - 1826). A Mozart fanatic, he edited vulgar passages out of many of the composer's letters, and wrote a Mozart biography.
- Son of Leopold Mozart.
- His wife was the cousin of Carl Maria von Weber. Their fathers were half-brothers.
- Born at 8:00pm-LMT
- Ludwig van Beethoven was about to become his pupil. However, after Beethoven received an urgent letter informing him that his mother was seriously ill, he was forced to return home. When he was available to take lessons, unfortunately, Mozart was already dead.
- Played by Tom Hulce in Amadeus (1984).
- There is a joke in one of Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently" Novels, where a Graduate is at an Alumni Dinner and overhears a Radio 3 DJ arguing about whether there can ever be "Too much Mozart".
- Subject of the song "Rock Me, Amadeus" by Falco.
- He is mentioned in Train's "Drops Of Jupiter.".
- Mentioned in the rap-rock song "Mope" by Bloodhound Gang, along with personalities like Luciano Pavarotti, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Falco, Tori Spelling, and Bo Jackson.
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