![]() ![]() Apparently, when Wolfgang slipped on the floor, Marie Antoinette, the young Archduchess aged only seven, helped him up. This went well, and the noblemen were greatly impressed by young Wolfgang. The tour was a hit, and the Mozarts was invited to play for the royal court during their trip to Vienna. Wolfgang would impress the audience by playing the keyboard with a cloth on top, so that he couldn’t see the keys. Once Wolfgang’s gift had been discovered, the Mozarts took off on a tour of Europe – Leopold would play the violin and Wolfgang and Nannerl would play on the keyboard. ![]() Leopold was Wolfgang’s only teacher, and while he was certainly a devoted teacher, it was evident that the small boy was eager to make progress beyond what he was taught. When Wolfgang was three, he started to take an interest in her lessons, and started to compose small pieces which his father would write down and he would play. Nannerl was a talented musician and it was her music lessons that encouraged Wolfgang’s love for music. When Wolfgang Amadeus (or Wolfgangerl to his friends, later shortened to Wolferl) was born, he had only one older sister who had survived birth, Maria Anna (nicknamed Nannerl). Anonymous portrait painted in 1763 on commission from Leopold. ![]()
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