Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on 5 December 1791 in Vienna, aged 35. An Austrian composer of the Classical period, Mozart was a child prodigy who toured the courts of Europe with his father and sister, and who composed from the age of five. He worked in Salzburg and then settled in Vienna, where he wrote some of his best works. His output of more than six hundred compositions includes symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music and operas such as The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. He died at the age of thirty-five, leaving his Requiem unfinished. His music is admired for its melodic beauty, balance and emotional depth.
Before and after
- 27 April 1791Birth of Samuel Finley Breese Morse
- 3 May 1791Constitution of May 3, 1791
- from 14 August 1791 to 1 January 1804Haitian Revolution
- 22 September 1791Birth of Michael Faraday
- 5 December 1791Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 26 December 1791Birth of Charles Babbage
- 1792Publication of La Marseillaise
- 1792Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber
- 1792Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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