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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. When he was very young, he showed great musical aptitude. For example, he could play the keyboard by the age of three, and he was writing musical compositions by the age of five. His father was a musician who gave Mozart lessons in piano and other instruments. After this early start, Mozart spent his life studying, playing and composing music. Over the course of his life, he wrote more than six hundred musical works of many different types. His music is still popular and is performed often today.