Wolfgang Mozart
...her began to teach him the elements of harpsichord playing. When Wolfgang was six years old he went on an extensive concert tour. He visited European concert halls and royal courts. His first published work was with piano sonatas when he was ten years old. Although Wolfgang never attended school he learned how to speak Italian, French, and some English. Wolfgang was considered the darling of Versailles in Paris. During Mozart’s early teens he had mastered the piano, violin, and the harpsichord. He made his first visit to Italy in 1769. He performed his first major opera when he was fourteen years old. His first major opera was Mitridate and was performed in Milan. The Pope gave Mozart gifts. The Pope bestowed the Cross of the Order of the Golden Spur on him. Most of Wolfgang’s piano concerts were written in the 1780’s. Mozart composed his first German Opera, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, in 1782. Shortly After his first German ...