Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as found on the World Wide Web Of all the great composers throughout the years, possibly the most famous ever would be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Few composers ever have led such a remarkable life of left such a remarkable lasting legacy of music in such a short span of life. Mozart was born in 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He was the second survivor of six born to an accomplished musician named Leopold (The Symphony pg.1). Mozart was a child prodigy when he began playing the keyboard at just three years old. He began to compose music at four and wrote his first symphony at eight years of age (Mozart). Mozart spent most of his