... his father. The couple made their home in Vienna where Mozart supported his family by writing music for the public. The final ten years of the composer's life were difficult. He received little or no commission for his works, and the genius of his talent and compositions remained unrealized. Mozart died at the young age of thirty-six on December 5, 1791 probably due to health problems. On the night of his death, people gathered below Mozart's window in the Rauhensteingasse to sing his music in his honor. 3 His Music The amazing talent and genius of Mozart was not discovered until after his death. In his life, Mozart composed over 600 works, which include symphonies, concertos for numerous instruments, serenades, sonatas, divertimentos, and operas.4 At the age of twenty-one, Mozart left Salzburg where he had been providing music for the court of Archbishop Colloredo, in search for a new job. He, along ...

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