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:
Tommaso Marchesi Tommaso Marchesi (] ; March 7, 1773 – June 6, 1852) was an Italian composer.