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4 vols. Leipzig. 1856-59. Second Edition,
2 vols. 1867. English translation, 3 vols.
London. 1882.
KÖCHEL, DR. LUDWIG RITTER VON. "Chronologisch-thematisches
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Mozart's." Leipzig. 1862.
POHL, C. F. "Mozart und Haydn in London." Vienna. 1867.
NOHL, LUDWIG. "Mozart nach den Schilderungen seiner
Zeitgenossen." Leipzig. 1880.
The article on Mozart by C. F. Pohl in the second volume of Grove's "Dictionary of Music and Musicians" is also well deserving of study, being, in fact, an epitome of Jahn's great work.
LIFE OF MOZART
THE CHILD (1756-1768)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born at Salzburg on January 27, 1756. His full name, as given in the church register, was "Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus"; his father used the German equivalent "Gottlieb" of this last name, and the composer himself subsequently adopted the Latinized form "Amadeus."
His family had long been settled in Augsburg, where Wolfgang's father, Leopold Mozart, was born on November 14, 1719. With the object of studying jurisprudence, Leopold entered the university of Salzburg, supporting himself by teaching music and playing the violin. He was a musician of considerable attainments, and in 1743 the Archbishop of Salzburg took him into his service, later appointing him Court composer and leader of the orchestra. He was a voluminous composer, but his works show little inventive power. His fame as a musician rests chiefly on his "School for the Violin," printed in 1756—the year of Wolfgang's birth. This work, from which Otto Jahn in his great monograph on Mozart gives several extracts, was for many years the only work published in Germany on the subject, and was held in great esteem not only for the thoroughness of its instructions, but for the excellence of its style.