![]() ![]() ![]() His Don Giovanni was a huge success in Prague but was poorly received in Vienna. He performed for the Court, gave music lessons and piano concerts, while being vice chapel-master at the cathedral. In 1779, he became the resident organist at the Salzburg cathedral, then settled in Vienna. But he quickly grew tired of the confining environment of Salzburg and, in 1777, he resigned his position at the court. He was commissioned to compose works to the tastes of his day and asked to perform. A child prodigy (he took his first harpsichord lessons when he was 4 and began composition at 6), he quickly became famous, thanks to the many tours he made with his father, Leopold, who was himself vice chapel-master at the court of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, as well as a mentor and teacher to his son.Īt the age of 16, Mozart was appointed concertmaster to the new Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colleredo. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg. ![]()
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