Musical Mozart family grand tour

salzburg cathedral, mozart made home town debut symphonist in december 1766.

of wolfgang s music composed during tour, around thirty pieces survive. number of works lost, including zürich cello pieces , several symphonies. surviving works include keyboard sonatas written in paris, london , hague, 4 symphonies, various arias, assorted music written prince of orange, kyrie, , other minor pieces. mozart s career symphonist began in london where, in addition direct influences of abel , j.c. bach, have heard symphonies leading london composers including thomas arne, william boyce , giuseppe sammartini— ideal introduction genre , according zaslaw. earliest symphonies, zaslaw points out, while not in same class later mozart masterpieces, comparable in length, complexity , originality written @ same time acknowledged symphonic masters of day. indeed, abel s symphony no. 6 in e flat similar enough in style , technique mistaken mozart s, , listed such (symphony no. 3, k. 18) in original köchel catalogue. sadie observes k. 22 symphony composed in hague deal more sophisticated earlier ones written in london.

mozart s creative progress likewise reflected in sonatas composed princess of orange, which, according sadie, mark considerable advance in technique , ideas on earlier paris , london sets. arias composed in netherlands include mozart s first attempts @ aria d affetto , per pièta, bell idol mio, k. 73b, once thought have been composed later, higher k number indicates. tour saw wolfgang s transformation composer of simple keyboard pieces 1 increasing mastery on range of genres. evidenced in home city, on 8 december, when 1 of symphonies (it uncertain which) performed @ high mass @ salzburg cathedral. leopold s employer, prince-archbishop, frankly sceptical wolfgang s compositions, believing them leopold s because not bad enough work of child .