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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of his death. The circumstances of his early death have been much mythologized. He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons. |
| Face value | 25 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2490 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 1425 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 2438 Stanley Gibbons BE 3100 AFA number BE 2496 Belgium BE 2438 Unificato BE 2438 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 1.800.000 |
| Issue date | 30/11/1991 |
| Designer | Jacques Richez |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 35.00 mm |
| Width | 46.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
