And the few depictions of him that survive from his life vary, with some showing him in childhood, others incomplete, and others disputed in their authenticity. In 1962, musicologist Alfred ...

Mozart was born in Salzburg, in 1756. Mozart's father, Leopold, was an ambitious composer and violinist. Though he was and still is considered a genius, he was also tactless, arrogant and had a ...

As well as the Walter instrument, Mozart used a piano by Franz Jakob Späth, but we know from a well-known letter to his father Leopold, of 17 October 1777, that Mozart's favourite instrument at ...

1. Talent given by God? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 and began showing extraordinary musical talent at a young age. His father, Leopold, was a well-known musician and ...