Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27th, 1756.
He was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl. Leopol was a very successful composer,
voilinist, and the assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. Mozart showed musical
talent at a very young age. By age five he was composing minuets.And at age six he
played before the Bavarian Elector and the Austrian Empress.His father taught him, but
said teahcing Wolfgang was hard because he knew so much already. His father was also
In 1763 Wolfgang's father, Leopold, took him and his sister, Maria Anna, on a
concert tour of Europe. The children performed in many courts and large cities including
Paris, London, and Germany. They astonished their audiences wherever they performed.
In London Wolfgang wrote his first symphonies and met Johann Christian Brahm,
who had a very large influence on him.
In Paris Wolfgang published his first works, four sonatas for clavier with
In 1768 he composed his first opera, La Finta Semplice, which was presented for
the first time a year later in his home town of Salzburg.
In 1769 Wolfgang and his father set out on another tour of Italy. Here Wolfgang
wrote a new opera, Mitridate ri de Ponto. He also wrote two more operas for Milan,
Three years later in 1772 Wolfgang was appointed concertmaster to the
archbishop of Salzburg, his home town. He composed many works while he was
concertmaster. But this job was not good for him and he did not get anolg with most of
the people around him. So, he soon quit this job to travel to Paris with his mother and
In 1777 Wolfgana and his mother, Maria Anna, went to Paris, France. While here
Wolfgang composed many works including The Paris Symphony (1778). But, he could
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