![]() ![]() On one occasion when Mozart became ill, Leopold expressed more concern over the loss of income than over Mozart's well-being. ![]() Mozart wrote a number of piano pieces, in particular duets and duos, to play with her. Mozart's older sister, Maria Anna, nicknamed 'Nannerl', was a talented pianist and often accompanied her brother on Leopold's tours. Leopold soon realized that he could earn a substantial income by showcasing his son as a Wunderkind in the courts of Europe. ![]() Mozart received intensive musical training from his father, including instruction in both the piano and violin Musically, he developed very rapidly and began to compose his own works at the age of five. He was the son of Leopold Mozart, one of Europe's leading musical pedagogues, whose influential textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule ('Essay on the fundamentals of violin playing') was published in 1756, the same year as Mozart's birth. Mozart's musical ability started to become apparent when he was a toddler. Rupert's Cathedral as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He was baptized on the day after his birth at St. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in modern-day Austria, but at the time was the capital of a small independent Archbishopric within the Holy Roman Empire. ![]()
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