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  "name": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart",
  "description": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart appears 4 times in our Classical Period list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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    "first": 1786,
    "last": 1791
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      "title": "Symphony No. 40 in G minor",
      "year": 1788,
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      "whyItMatters": "Written in the space of a few weeks alongside two other symphonies, for no commission anyone can identify. Restless, minor-key and entirely without the charm Mozart is usually accused of.",
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      "title": "The Marriage of Figaro",
      "year": 1786,
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      "whyItMatters": "An opera about servants outwitting their master, staged three years before the Bastille fell. The Act II finale runs twenty minutes and never once loses the thread.",
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      "artist": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"
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      "title": "Requiem in D minor",
      "year": 1791,
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      "whyItMatters": "Unfinished at his death and completed by a pupil, so nobody is entirely sure where Mozart stops. The Lacrimosa breaks off after eight bars, which is unbearable and perfect.",
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      "title": "Clarinet Concerto in A",
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      "whyItMatters": "Written in his final months for a friend, for an instrument that barely existed in its modern form. The slow movement is the least troubled music anyone has written.",
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