Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

Molto Allegro

Andante

Menuetto: Allegretto

Allegro assai

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Year and place of birth: January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria

Year and place of death: December 5, 1791, in Vienna, Austria

Composer is best known for: Mozart is known for many things, of which include piano pieces, as well as operas. I will be performing in one this winter, The Magic FluteJ He was one of the greatest music prodigies of all time/

A well-known musical contemporary of this composer is: Johann Adolph Hasse

Background information on composer: Mozart was known as one of the greatest music protigies in music history. He was able to pick out tunes on the piano by age 3, and by age 6 he started composing. From then on Mozart was practically denied any kind of a normal childhood. He traveled with his father being exhibited as a piano virtuoso to all the courts of Europe. Mozart was married in August of 1781 to Constanze Weber. This completely outrages his father because he wanted Mozart to be better that what he already