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QUESTION#6: Mozart’s Real Name

What was Mozart's original name?

ANSWER


Those who answered Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are not strictly correct. Mozart's original
name was Johannes Chrystosemus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. The Theophilus was
changed from the Greek to the Latin Amadeus or German Gotlieb. He never called himself
Amadeus except in jest. Sometimes he used Amade. Most letters were signed just Mozart. Later he added the title "Royal and Imperial Kapellmeister".


 
 
 
 
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