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What did Joseph Haydn say about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartâs ability as a composer?
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, oil on canvas by Barbara Krafft, 1819.
In 1785, during a visit to Vienna, Joseph Haydn expressed his high regard for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Mozartâs father, Leopold Mozart. Haydn stated: "Your son is the greatest composer known to me in person or by name; he has taste, and what is more the greatest knowledge of composition."1