A child prodigy who wrote his first symphony at age 8, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew into a prolific composer who wrote over 600 pieces of music. Among his most famous works are Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music, 1787) and the operas Don Giovanni (1787) and Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute, 1791).
Mozart died of a mysterious fever at age 35; some have speculated that Mozart was murdered, perhaps by rival composer Antonio Salieri, but no proof exists to support that theory. In 2000 a scholarly panel concluded that Mozart had died of rheumatic fever.
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