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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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History & CivilizationsWho is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Agency editorial?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a composer born in Salzburg, author of operas such as Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. Issue.10 names him once, in the author's prose, in the section on the Enlightenment, in a list item headed "Art", next to Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Joseph Haydn.
In short
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a composer born in Salzburg, author of operas such as Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. In the Agency editorial he appears in a single sentence of Issue.10. In the section on the Enlightenment, the item "Art" speaks of the rise of classical music, with composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Joseph Haydn "creating influential works that emphasized formal structure, clarity, and rationality". The edition names no work by him and says nothing else about him.
Key facts
- Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
- A composer born in Salzburg in 1756, who died in Vienna in 1791, author of operas such as Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Mozart?
- In Issue.10, in one sentence of the section on the Enlightenment, in the list item headed "Art", before Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Joseph Haydn.
- What does Issue.10 say about him?
- It lists him among the composers of the rise of classical music, "creating influential works that emphasized formal structure, clarity, and rationality". No work is named.
Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer born in Salzburg in 1756, who died in Vienna in 1791. His operas include Don Giovanni (1787) and The Magic Flute (1791). These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Mozart appear in Issue.10?
Issue.10 has a section on the Enlightenment that lists several items: scientific progress, human rights and individual liberty, secularism and art. The item on art speaks of the rise of classical music, with composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Joseph Haydn "creating influential works that emphasized formal structure, clarity, and rationality". That sentence is the only mention of Mozart in the editions.
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