Who is Mozart?
Austrian composer Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, recognized as one of the greatest composers of Western music, was born in Salzburg in 1756. His father, Leopold, was a Kapellmeister in Salzburg and had published a book of violin-playing instruction the year Mozart was born, and the boy’s musical education began at a very young age. He recognized chords at three, played short works on the harpsichord at four, and began composing at five. Also at five, he played his first concert in Munich, with his sister who was known as Nannerl.
