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Two new Mozart pieces performed | |
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Two newly discovered pieces of piano music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have been performed in the Austrian city of his birth, Salzburg. | |
The pieces had long been in the archive of the International Mozarteum Foundation but only recently were they identified as compositions by Mozart. | The pieces had long been in the archive of the International Mozarteum Foundation but only recently were they identified as compositions by Mozart. |
The music was played at a house where the composer lived from 1773-1780, and which is now a museum. | |
Posthumous discoveries of Mozart works are rare but not unknown. | |
In January, a piece by Mozart that had lain undiscovered in a French library for years had its first performance. | In January, a piece by Mozart that had lain undiscovered in a French library for years had its first performance. |
Mozart wrote more than 600 known pieces of music before his death in 1791 at the age of 35. | Mozart wrote more than 600 known pieces of music before his death in 1791 at the age of 35. |
He began composing at the age of five and his works include operas, chamber music, choral pieces and piano concertos. | He began composing at the age of five and his works include operas, chamber music, choral pieces and piano concertos. |
An official at the International Mozarteum Foundation told the Associated Press news agency that the compositions to be played on Sunday were "substantial pieces" composed before Mozart's 10th birthday. | An official at the International Mozarteum Foundation told the Associated Press news agency that the compositions to be played on Sunday were "substantial pieces" composed before Mozart's 10th birthday. |