![]() He was deputy Kapellmeister to the court orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg, and a prolific and successful composer of instrumental music. His influential textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule, was published in 1756, the year of Mozart's birth (English, as "A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing", transl. Mozart's father Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) was one of Europe's leading musical teachers. Mozart himself preferred the third name, and he also took a fancy to "Amadeus" over the years. Mozart's father Leopold announced the birth of his son in a letter to the publisher Johann Jakob Lotter with the words ".the boy is called Joannes Chrysostomus, Wolfgang, Gottlieb". ![]() ![]() Of these names, the first two refer to John Chrysostom, one of the Church Fathers, and they were names not employed in everyday life, while the fourth, meaning "beloved of God", was variously translated in Mozart's lifetime as Amadeus (Latin), Gottlieb (German), and Amadé (French). The baptismal record gives his name in Latinized form as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. ![]() Mozart was baptized the day after his birth at St. His only sibling who survived beyond infancy was an older sister: Maria Anna, nicknamed Nannerl. Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, in the front room of nine Getreidegasse in Salzburg, the capital of the sovereign Archbishopric of Salzburg, in what is now Austria, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. Plaque on wall outside Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg, Austria ![]()
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