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:
Ignaz Pleyel Ignace Joseph Pleyel (] ; ] ; 18 June 1757 – 14 November 1831) was an Austrian-born French composer and piano builder of the Classical period.