Mozart: Portrait Of A Genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He was a centrally important composer of the Classical Era. On December 5, 1971, at the age of thirty five he died of typhoid fever, and was buried in a pauper’s grave on December 6, 1971. Elias says that for some reason Mozart’s father, Leopold Mozart, tried to achieve the absent fulfillment of his life through his son. Leopold once said that he wanted to be not only his son’s father, but also his best friend. Later on, Leopold devoted his life to his son as father, friend, teacher, and impresario. Mozart lived an unusual childhood, and was a chil