Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: symphonies, concertos, chamber music, opera and choral music—and is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791; died at 35. Alive at the same time as Napoleon, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Immanuel Kant, Carl Linnaeus, and George Washington. Wiki link