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Walking In Mozart’s Footsteps. Mozart’s Birth. Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Mozart’s Family. Wolfgang’s father was named Leopold. Leopold was a musician for the archbishop of Salzburg.
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Mozart’s Birth Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria.
Mozart’s Family Wolfgang’s father was named Leopold. Leopold was a musician for the archbishop of Salzburg.
Mozart’s sister was named Maria Anna but was called Nannerl. Nannerl was five years older than Wolfgang.
The Mozart family lived in Salzburg, Austria. Austria is located in central Europe.
Austria is the orange country in the lower middle of the map.
The Mozarts’ House was located on Getreidegasse, a major shopping street in Salzburg.
Wolfgang began showing signs of being a great musician at age four when he began to learn Nannerl’s harpsichord pieces. Leopold began to teach Wolfgang music. Both Wolfgang and Nannerl performed publicly.
Traveling with the Mozart Family Because Nannerl and Wolfgang were such talented young musicians, the Mozart family traveled all over Europe to play for wealthy kings, queens, and other important people.
The Mozart family began to travel in 1762 when Mozart was only six years old. They lived before there were cars, trains, and planes so they had to travel by carriage.
France In 1764 the Mozart family first visited Paris. Wolfgang was 8 years old. The family stayed in Paris nearly two months. Wolfgang and his mother returned to Paris in 1778.
France is the greenish brown country in the lower center.
Paris is the capital of France.
Letters from France May 1, 1778 Mon Tres cher Pere! We received your letter of April 12th safely. I did not write to you for such a long time, because I was waiting for a letter from you; please don’t take it amiss if I let you wait once in a while with my answer, because it’s quite expensive to send a letter from here and if there’s nothing urgent to report it doesn’t make sense to pay 24 sous and sometimes even more; therefore, I thought I should wait with my letters to you until I have something new to say about our situation here; but the moment I have to write to you anyway, although there’s not much to report and what there is, is not at all definite. Wolfgang Amade Mozart
Letters from France July 3, 1778 Monsieur mon tres cher Pere! I have to bring you some very distressing and Sad news, which is also the reason why I couldn’t reply earlier to your most recent letter, the one dated on the 11th. My dear mother is very ill—she was bled, just as she had it done always, and it was indeed necessary; afterward she felt somewhat better—but a few days later she complained of chills but at the same time she seemed to have a burning fever—then she came down with diarrhea, headaches—in the beginning we used only our home remedies, Antispasmodic Power, we would have like to use black powder as well, but we had none left, and we couldn’t get any; it is not known here, not even under the name Pulvis epilepticus. As her condition grew steadily worse, she could hardly speak anymore and lost her hearing, one had to shout to reach her—Barom Grim sent his physician. She is very weak, still feverish, and Delirious. They are giving me hope, but I don’t have much. Wolfgang Amade Mozart
Letters from France Wolfgang’s mother had actually died the day he wrote the letter to his father telling of her illness. He could not bring himself to tell his father that his mother had died. He wrote another letter 6 days later to give Leopold and Nannerl the bad news.
England The Mozart family went to England after their first trip to Paris in 1764. They stayed in England for 14 months.
England is the small yellow island on the left center of the map.
Italy Wolfgang and Leopold traveled to Italy three times starting in 1769 when Wolfgang was just 13 years old. They left Maria and Nannerl in Salzburg during these journeys.
Italy is the yellow country close to the bottom of the map in the center.
Letters From Italy December 14, 1769 My dearest mama, My heart is filled with a alott of joy because I feel so jolly on this trip, because it’s so cozy in our carriage, and because our coatchmann is such a fine fellow who drives as fast as he can when the road lets him. Papa has propably already given to mama the news of our trip, the reason I am writing is to show that I know my duty, so I remein in deepest Respekt her devoted son. Wolfgang Mozart
Letters from Italy July 7, 1770 Cara sorella mia! I was truly amazed that you can Compose so well, in one word, the song you wrote is beautiful; you should try this more often. You probably received the Menuetts by Haydn; send me the other 6 soon, please! Farewell. Wolfgang Mozart p.s. greetings to all good friends Male and female A handkis for mama Mademoiselle. J’ai l’honneur d’etre votre tres humble serviteur, e frere.
Germany In 1777 Wolfgang traveled to Germany with his mother. Wolfgang was 21 years old. He was looking for a job during the trip, but did not find one. He returned to Germany in 1789 and 1790.
Germany is the yellow-green country in the center of the map.
