
From 1763 - 66, the Mozart children displayed their talents to audiences in Germany, Paris, at court in Versailles, and London (where Wolfgang wrote his first symphonies and began a friendship with Johann Christian Bach, whose became a great musical influence on Wolfgang). In 1762 the Mozart children played at court in Vienna the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, received them. Both children played the keyboard, but Wolfgang became a violin virtuoso as well. When he was 6, he and his older sister, Maria Anna (who was nicknamed "Nannerl"), performed a series of concerts to Europe's courts and major cities. Wolfgang began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies at 9. Leopold was a successful composer, violinist and assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. 27, 1756, the son of Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Pertl. Probably the greatest genius in Western musical history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, Jan. | Vocal Jazz | Choral | Christmas | Instructional | ArrangementsĬlassical | Opera | Musicals | Personality | Young Singers | Disney | Videos | Songs | The Artists Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart BiographyĬlick Here for Arrangements, Compositions and Recordingsīorn: 1756. Home | Doo Wop | Barbershop | World | Contemporary | Christian In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument
