While still in his mid-teens, Mozart went to Rome and visited the Vatican to hear the famous Ash-Wednesday anthem Miserere Mei ('Have mercy on me') in its setting by Allegri ~ this, of course, over a century before recording or broadcasting were invented. How many times did he listen to it in performance before writing it down, complete, from memory?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a talented child and began composing when he was just 5 years old! Mozart went on to write more than 600 works - symphonies, concertos and operas - which are still recognized today as some of the greatest pieces of music ever composed. Sadly, Mozart died when he was just 35 years old.