Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in
Salzburg. He was baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus
Mozart. He was taught by his father, Leopold Mozart, he was a violinist in
the orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg, he finally rose to the position of
chapel master. At the age of three, Wolfgang would sit in front of the
harpsichord, he would try to find harmonic succession of third and when he
did his voice would ring out playfully. When he was four, his father began to
teach him the rules of composition. Leopold decided to show his children's'
talent before all of Europa. Francis 1 of Wein refereed to him as "ein kleine
hexenmeister" ("a little master-wizard"). The Mozarts returned to Salzburg
in 1766, after an absence of four years. "The tour had been a greater success
artistically than materially." One year later the Mozarts went on tour again.
They went to Wein where Wolfgang was scheduled to perform his first
opera. Envious composers created "intrigues", which prevented the opera
from having a performance in public, but was instead performed at Dr.
Messner's house, he was a friend of the family. Close to the end of 1769, the
Mozarts went to Italia. When they went to Milano, they received a
commission for Wolfgang to perform another opera the following year. Also
in 1769 he composed the first German opera, Bastien und Bastienne. In
1770 Wolfgang performed the opera, Mitridate re` di Ponto, on Christmas
day, it was a huge success. The Mozarts went back to Salzburg in 1771, he
really didn't do much during those six years he stayed in Salzburg. In 1777,
he obtained a leap of absence and went to Munich with his mother. Mozart
was now 21 years old and not a child sensation anymore. In Mannheim, he
was a house guest of Aloysia Weber, he fell in love with Aloysia and was
consi...