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Mozart is born - a genius from birth?
Born on January 27th 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart took to music at a frighteningly early stage in his life. But was he born a genius? -
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Mozart's first concert and a European tour
The young Mozart was, as we know, an early starter when it came to music. But he was especially young to be a concert pianist in 1762, and even more remarkable to be a touring concert pianist throughout Europe. -
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Mozart's first opera
How young was Mozart when he composed his first opera? What happened after his epic touring schedule finished? And were the people of Europe right to suspect that the young composer had been passing off his father's work as his own? -
Mozart and Allegri's Miserere
The legendary story of how Mozart copied out Allegri's Miserere note for note has gone down in the annals of classical music history. -
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Mozart moves to Italy
Early opera successes soon gave way to some work in Italy, and before he knew it Mozart was a hit in Milan, Naples, Bologna... -
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Tragedy strikes the Mozart family
Mozart had spent so much time with his father over the years that it's easy to forget the influence that his mother had on his life. It was never felt more keenly than in 1778 when she suddenly died. -
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Mozart's first child
t was a time of happiness for Mozart as his personal life went through his marriage and the arrival of his first child - but the happiness was not to last long, and the darkness that characterised his later life began to rear its ugly head. -
Mozart's final year
The last year of Mozart's life was, to say the least, tumultuous.
