It was 260 years ago today that Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart—or just Mozart if you’re short of breath—waltzed into the world and set a new precedent for the word "prodigy": wrote music by age six, first symphony composed at age nine, appointed assistant concert master for the Royal Court of Salzburg by 17.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Posthumous painting by Barbara Krafft in 1819
Mozart’s early genius developed into a prolific career of what would become classical standards—one of which being
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.
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