Cultural depictions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his music have been influential in the two centuries since he lived.

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1981 From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China Documentary about the effects of China's cultural revolution on musicians.[1]
1984 Amadeus starring Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham
1985 Bröderna Mozart Farce about an attempt to stage an opera.[2]
1996 For Ever Mozart directed by Jean-Luc Goddard.[3]
1999 Baby Mozart Part of the Baby Einstein educational series. Educational video based on the Mozart effect.[4]

Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, "Mozart is the greatest composer of all. Beethoven created his music, but the music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it -- that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed."[5]
In his travels, Mozart acquired competence in many languages: as many as fifteen, by some reports.
In 1770 Mozart was awarded the Cross of the Order of the Golden Spur by Pope Clement XIV
Mozart was much taken by the sound of Benjamin Franklin's glass armonica, and composed two works for it: an Adagio in C (K. 617a [K. 356]) and an Adagio and Rondo for armonica, flute, oboe, viola, and cello (K. 617), both composed in 1791 after he heard the instrument played by the virtuoso Marianne Kirchgaessner. He started a third piece, of which only the first few bars were completed.
Recordings of Mozart's music have sold more copies than any other composer.[6]
2006 marked the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Worldwide celebrations included performances of all of Mozart's operas in Salzburg and Prague.
A brown "blue plaque" stands on the house on Mozart Terrace in Ebury Street, in London, where he stayed in 1764, and composed his first symphony.