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  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on the 27th January, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria .
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  He was a child prodigy who began composing at five.
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  At the age of 8 he published his first 2 sonatas.
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  When he was 12 he wrote his first opera. He studied composition and play duets with Bach.
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  With 25 years he moved to Vienna
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  He married Constanze Weber at the age of 26 on the 4th of August , 1782. The marriage was a happy one.
 They had six children; four die during their infancy .
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  When he was in the middle of the composing his great Requiem, or mass for the dead, Mozart fell ill and died. He was only 35.
