It is certain that he met Johann Christian Bach, the eleventh son of the great Johann Sebastian Bach, who taught Mozart in composition. Leopold Mozart tried to develop his son’s abilities as a musician and composer by introducing him to many famous composers. At the age of four, Wolfgang Amadeus was already sitting at the clavier and playing pieces and minuets, and a year later he began composing his first works.įor almost ten years, from 1762 to 1773, the family travelled on tour to all the imperial courts of Europe. Leopold taught his children languages, academic subjects, and music from an early age. Maria Anna, called “Nannerl”, the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was also a talented pianist. He received the degree of bachelor of philosophy from the Benedictine University (now the University of Salzburg) in 1738. His father Leopold Mozart was a composer, skilled violinist, organist and theorist. The boy was christened Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. When a son was born to the aristocratic family of Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Walburga Mozart on January 27, 1756, no one suspected that this child would become the most famous composer of all time.
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