WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

AMADEUS IN 1759

PERSONA

Beginnings of the Wonder

At the Mozart...
...at Salzburg

Violinist and compositor of Salzburg court, Leopold Mozart taught music and languages to his children.

At three years old, Wolfgang had fun creating musical chords. Nannerl, his older sister, interpreted the scores taught by her father with harpsichord.

“When you will be old, I will put you, well safe from air, in a bottle, to keep you always close to me and continue to venerate you.”
Wolfgang

Glossaryexpressions and names used in this page

Salzburg
Salzburg counted 10,000 inhabitants, all Catholics since 1733, whereas last Lutheran Protestants had fled to Prussia. At the time of Mozart, one inhabitant of Salzburg out of five relied on the Court to survive.
Wolfgang
Written in February 1778... Leopold Mozart recalled to his son what formerly, he said to him before going to bed.