In what year did a certain influential composer, born 1756 and known to keep a pet starling, die?
Mozart's starling For about three years the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart kept a pet starling. The first record of the starling is the entry Mozart made in his expense book when he bought it on 27 May 1784:
Wilhelm Harteveld Julius Napoleon Wilhelm Harteveld (5 April 1859 – 1 October 1927) was a Swedish composer and musicologist. He was born and died in Stockholm.