Mozart Trivia Questions

Mozart was a child prodigy who wrote his first compositions, small minuets, at age 5 under his father’s guidance, astonishing European courts.

There’s no evidence Salieri poisoned Mozart. They were professional rivals but mutually respected each other; the rumor stems from Pushkin’s play.

Mozart actually earned a good income, but spent lavishly. His burial in a simple plot was typical for Vienna’s middle class at the time.

Historical records suggest Mozart was about 5'4" (162 cm), which was slightly below the average male height of 18th-century Austria.

The Requiem was commissioned anonymously by Count Walsegg, who planned to pass it off as his own. Mozart didn’t write it for himself.

Mozart wrote several major operas in Italian, including 'The Marriage of Figaro,' 'Don Giovanni,' and 'Così fan tutte.'

His full name at baptism was Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, though he used Wolfgang Amadeus in his career.

Mozart owned a starling that learned to whistle a theme from his concerto, and he even held a funeral for the bird when it died.