AGE 10 THROUGH AGE 11 [1781]
WORKS CREATED
| Funeral Cantata | if ever existed - lost (Funeral Cantata if existed said to have been written in memory of family friend and ambassador to electoral court.) |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
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LIFE NOTES
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OTHER NOTES
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| Jan 16 | Brother Franz Georg born. (died at age 2) | Taught by Gilles van der Eden (court organist), from 1778-1783 (ages 10-13); Friar William Kolh (organ), Nikolaus Simrock (horn), Franz Rosantine (violin), Franz Rise (violin). |
| Feb | Neefe succeeded to post of court organist after post as musical director of the Grossman Theater Co. [Kerman p3/Wegeler p?] | |
| Mar 16 | Mozart moved to Vienna | |
| ? | Franz Gerhard Wegeler, age ~15, relatively poor son of Alsatian burgher met Stephan von Bruening. His love of knowledge & his personality resulted in invitation into the von Breuning home [consisting of widowed mother: 31yo Helene, her 3 sons: 7yo Stephan, 10yo Christoph, 4yo Lorenz & 1 daughter - 9yo Eleonore. B. left school (the Tirocinium in Bonn) | |
| Summer - Autumn | Traveled to Rotterdam via ship w/ mother to appear as child prodigy. |