1756 Born at Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27. 1762 Concert tour with his sister. Received at the Austrian Court. 1763 Received at the Court of France. 1764 Received at the Court of England. 1765 Received at the Court of Holland. 1768 Appointed Concert-meister to Archbishop of Salzburg. 1769 Visited Italy and elected member of the Accademia Filarmonica at Bologna. 1769 “Mitridate” produced at Milan. 1771 Second visit to Italy. 1778 Visited Paris. 1781 Composed “Idomeneo.” 1782 Married Constanze Weber, third daughter of Fridolin Weber, a prompter and copyist. 1786 Composed “Marriage of Figaro.” 1787 Composed “Don Giovanni.” 1787 Appointed Chamber composer to the Emperor. 1787 Composed his last three symphonies. 1789 Concert tour through Germany. 1791 Composed “The Magic Flute” and “The Requiem.” 1791 Died in Vienna, Dec. 5. 1859 Monument erected on the probable site of his grave by the city of Vienna. Footnotes [1]Leopold Mozart was the son of a bookbinder at Augsburg, and was born Dec. 14, 1719. He was a skilful musician, and rose to be vice chapelmaster at the Court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. [2]Johannes Chrysostom Sigismund Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the great composer, was born at Salzburg, Jan. 27, 1756. [3]Maria Anna Pertl, Mozart’s mother, was a foster child of the convent of St. Gilgen in Strasburg. She was a good-hearted and very handsome woman, a faithful wife and loving mother, but not of striking intellectual ability. [4]Anton Cajetan Adlgasser was organist at the cathedral of Salzburg, and court musician. He was also noted as a composer. He died in 1777, while playing the organ. [5]A mountain in the Salzburg Alps, about eight miles from that city. It is celebrated in folk lore, and many legends of Charlemagne and Barbarossa are connected with it. [6]Mozart’s full name was Johann Chrysostom Sigismund Wolfgang Amadeus. He was the youngest of seven children. In the family he was addressed as “Wolfgang,” or “Wolfgangerl,” the termination “erl,” like “chen,” being a diminutive, and used as a term of endearment. [7]Mozart’s sister, Maria Anna, was born Aug. 29, 1751. Her household name was “Nannie,” or “Nannerl.” [8]Andreas Schachtner afterwards was the principal trumpeter in the band of the Archbishop of Salzburg. His father was also a trumpeter. [9]This was a work of considerable importance, entitled “An Attempt toward a Fundamental System for the Violin,” published in Augsburg.