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| Two new Mozart pieces performed | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| The BBC's Bethany Bell says the two newly discovered pieces are the first movement of the concerto in G, molto-allegro, and a prelude for keyboard. | |
| The two works, which are technically very demanding, were performed on Mozart's own piano at the house where he lived with his family. | |
| 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. |