He receives an appointment as salaried concertmaster of the Salzburg Court Chapel (of which he had been an unpaid member since 1769). 126, for the accession of Salzburg Archbishop Hieronymus Count Colloredo. Premiere of the serenata drammatica “Il sogno di Scipione,” K.

80).Ĭomposition of the oratorio “La Betulia liberate,” K.

Composition of symphonies and his first string quartet (1770, K. Premieres in Milan of his opera seria “Mitridate, Re di Ponto” in 1770 and of the festa teatrale “Ascanio in Alba” in 1771. Nardini, and Padre Martini, among others, and, on the second trip, Hasse. Two tours to Italy he meets Farinelli, P. Performance in Salzburg of the dramma giocoso “La finta semplice,” K. Probably the premiere in Vienna of his Singspiel “Bastien and Bastienne,” K. Journeys with his father and sister to Vienna. Adlgasser), and the intermezzo “Apollo et Hyacinthus,” K. 35 (written with Michael Haydn and Anton C. Premiere in Salzburg of the sacred light opera “Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes,” K. 16 and 19, which show the influence of the works of Johann Christian Bach and Karl Friedrich Abel (the three-movement Italian sinfonia form). 10–15, dedicated to Queen Charlotte, as well as the first symphonies from London, K. He composes his first sonatas for violin and piano, K.

His early regimented musical education from his father began in 1761, first compositions at age five.Įxtended concert tours through various German cities and to Paris, London, Amsterdam, Switzerland. 1756īorn in Salzburg on January 27, the son of musician and later court composer Leopold Mozart. On the concert tours he undertook in his early years (London, Mannheim, Italy, Paris) he gained many varied musical impressions that he assimilated in his youth and which formed the prerequisite for his later consummate musical language. Mozart is one of the few composers to have produced masterpieces in all genres.

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