Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

He may have been wearing a white wig and going by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but Justin Timberlake was very clearly taking a swipe at his own acting career during an unaired Saturday Night Live sketch.

Justin Timberlake Mocks His Mickey Mouse Days, Justin Bieber in Unaired SNL Sketch 2011

The companies present "WAM II," a ballet/opera hybrid chronicling the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a continuation of last year's show.

On stage in March 2011

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—that is to say, a self-contained but slightly smug little kid called Wolfie—plays second fiddle to his older sister in René Féret's beguiling celebration, in French with English subtitles, of the family's other prodigy.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-91, the piano's first superstar, never even encountered one in his European travels until a visit to Munich in the winter of 1774-75.

New Work, New Instrument Stuart Isacoff 2011

The musicologist Ludwig von Köchel systematized, cataloged and published the musical output of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—he's the "K" that denotes a particular Mozart composition.

Follow the Money James Grant 2011

Musicians from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to John Coltrane have not been shy to give credit where credit is due.

Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

In recent years, scientists have suggested the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was killed by strep throat after comparing accounts of his illness with diseases prevalent at his time of death.

Chopin's Hallucinations Possibly Caused By Epilepsy AP 2011

Strauss studied with the noted composer Paul Hindemith but also collaborated, in a way, with an even more celebrated composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

John Strauss, TV and film composer 2011

Musicians from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to John Coltrane have not been shy to give credit where credit is due.

Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

There are only a handful of entrepreneurs who doted on Steve Jobs as publicly as Masayoshi Son , the founder and chief executive of Japan's Internet and mobile carrier Softbank Corp. In the last few years, Mr. Son has compared the late Apple CEO to Leonardo da Vinci and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, while labeling him a "genius" and a "god."

Softbank Founder Masayoshi Son: The 'Next Steve Jobs'? Juro Osawa 2011