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For most of his life, he had no other job- he was a professional composer and musician, and was employed by the Austrian court, as well as producing commissioned pieces for wealthy patrons, guilds, noblemen and state events. When he wasn't composing classical pieces and operas, he played in orchestras or gave recitals of his own and other composer's work, being proficient on a number of different instruments. He also taught music to private students- one of whom was the young Ludwig Von Beethoven, by who he was extremely impressed!

His musical career started at a very early age, when he was little more than a child, and he was only 35 when he died, so he had little time aside from his musical work for anything else. He is known to have spent a brief time as an actor before he became famous, but played only supporting roles and 'bit' parts for very low wages. As a child and teenager, he may have had various part-time work serving in shops or being employed by various tradesmen as an assistant, but this would only have been to raise money to finance his musical ambitions.

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