Born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg , it was baptized there under the name of Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. His father, Leopold Mozart, undertook his musical education. He was leader at the court of the archbishop of Salzburg like violinist, type-setter and pedagogue.
As of the six years age, Mozart shows exceptional gifts for the pianoforte, the ancestor of the piano and for the violin. He astonished by his capacity to improvise and decipher the partitions.
In 1762, his/her father decided to take it along in round in the courses of Europe , where him a triumph was made. These voyages were testing for the child. To this time the first sonatas for harpsichord and violin, a symphony go back, and a first test of opera-puffs out, Finta Semplice (1768). Decorated by the pope about the gold Spur, it was also named Master in concert near the archbishop of Salzburg in 1769.
This year, it composed Bastien and Bastienne, inspired of the “Soothsayer of the village” of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In 1770, one ordered its first opera to him seriated, of ancient inspiration. This Mithridate, Re di Ponte, created in Milan , ensured in Mozart an international success as a type-setter. Read the rest of this entry »