Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, great classic composer, was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburgo, in Austria .. this engraving from about 1860, by Joseph Heicke, portrtays the journey of Mozart's coffin through a storm to the cemetery .. his faithful and only friend, his dog, was at his side until the day of his death, on December 5, 1791 .. Mozart was buried in a common grave, at the St. Marx Cemetery, outside Vienna..