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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the most popular classical composers, writing over 600 musical works.

Simple. Straightforward. Beautiful. Commissioned for the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth, 2006's In Search of Mozart is a lucid, superbly produced look at the classical composer's life and music.

A child's violin played by Mozart when he was 6 years old resonated with music for the first time in Japan on Friday during a special concert held at the National Art Center in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

4 3:01 Richard Strauss: The Tick-Tock Clock 3:06 William Alwyn: Angels' Songs BBC World Service 2:32 Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 3 Keyboards 2:47 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No.

Could the music of the 18th century classical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart help tiny infants born today? Yes, suggests an Israeli study that found that listening for just 30 minutes a day helped premature babies use less energy, which may help them grow faster.

Historic manuscripts by ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday.

A Gruesome account of a 1666 blood transfusion and amusing notes about how an 8-year-old Mozart responded to tests of his genius were published as part of an online history of scientific endeavour.

A A A' H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83.

Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. What a radical name. Have I provoked an image in your mind of this immortal composer dude, complete with wig, stockings and buckled shoes? A child prodigy and aural brainiac was he.

Alfred Brendel works with a graduate student during a master class. World-renowned pianist Alfred Brendel sang, gestured and rose to his feet passionately - all to imitate the rise and fall of a melody to School of Music students gathered at the Morse Recital Hall Thursday.

As a play, Peter Shaffer's Amadeus has more than its share of theatrical muscle: Strong and compelling characters, an absorbing storyline, clever structure, and a pretty classy soundtrack.

18 3:46 Alan Hovhaness: Sonata for Harp 4:01 George Thomson & Martin Parker: The Countrey Lasse 4:06 Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento: Turkey Trot 4:09 Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso No.

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The fame that is associated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart comes as a surprise when we learn that this great composer has achieved so much and yet died at age 35.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Today is Halloween, a holiday that's preoccupied with the dead .

"Wunderkind Little Amadeus: Season One" : This animated PBS series celebrates one of classical music's greatest composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with fictional stories of his younger years.

13 2:42 Alessandro Stradella: Aria: Pieta 2:50 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata No.

If Mozart were alive, he may have been playing musical cornhole and having cake at Allen Elementary School.

Coastal Concerts begins its 2009-10 Season Saturday, Oct. 24, with a vibrant and eclectic evening of classical compositions both familiar and contemporary by the Walden Chamber Players.

When discussing classical musical prodigies, two stand above the rest - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn.