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Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ____________________ ( live ) between 1756 and 1791 . He ____________________ ( be ) one of the most famous composers ever to live . You can hear his music almost everywhere today ? in TV commercials , movies , mobile phone ringtones , and of course concert halls . He ____________________ ( compose ) over 600 works ranging from symphonies , piano concertos , operas and choral music . Many musicians and music experts ____________________ ( say ) he ____________________ ( be ) a musical genius .
Mozart ____________________ ____________________ ( be born ) into a musical family in Salzburg , Austria . His father ____________________ ( work ) for the local orchestra , ____________________ ( teach ) the violin and ____________________ ( be ) a composer . Mozart ____________________ ( start ) learning the keyboard when he ____________________ ( be ) three and composed his first pieces of music aged five . His father soon ____________________ ( become ) unable to keep up with his son's outstanding talents .
Between the ages of six and seventeen , Mozart ____________________ ( go ) on tours of Europe with his family . He ____________________ ( perform ) in front of royalty and ____________________ ( meet ) many great musicians . He also ____________________ ( study ) the works of the great composers , including Johan Bach , who he ____________________ ( meet ) in London in 1764 and 1765 . By his mid - teens , Mozart had established himself throughout Europe as a well - known composer .

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