In fact, he was sponsored by Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
The name Amadeus means love of God and is the Latin version of the Greek word Theophilus.
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It would take about 202 hours to listen to all the music Mozart wrote during his short life. He wrote 8 operas when he was only 16 years old.
When Mozart was nine years old, he performed so well in London that he was suspected of being a dwarf.
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Mozart had a fox terrier pet dog named Bimperl and a canary.
For three years, he raised a starling. A starling melody was used by him in the 17th Piano, K.453.
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When the starling died, he buried it in the garden and wrote a memorial poem.
Mozart liked to play billiards. A billiard table with 5 balls and 12 cues was one of the omens when he died at the age of 35 in 1791.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a famous anagram of God.
Mozart’s name was given to a species of frog, Eleutherodactylus, in 1987.