Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is acknowledged as the greatest natural genius of music. Robert Schumann wrote, "There are things in the world about which nothing can be said, as Mozart's C Major Symphony, much of Shakespeare and pages of Beethoven." (Goulding, 1992, p. 115) Tchaikovsky called Mozart "the music Christ." (Goulding, 1992, p. 116) Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. His full christened name was Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He commonly called himself Wolfgang …
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…approximate site in St. Mark graveyard where perhaps, rests the greatest composer the world has ever seen. References Goulding, P. G. (1992). Classical music - The 50 greatest composers and their 1,000 greatest works. New York: Fawcett Columbine. Top Biography.com (2001). The life of Mozart. [Online]. Available: http://top-biography.com/9146-Mozart/life.htm Politoske, D. T. (2002). Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (picture). World Book Online Americas Edition. [Online]. Available: http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ar/co/376420.