How well known was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his own time?

Mozart was a rock star of his own time and his music was very popular and held in high regard by fellow composers and public alike. As for his financial ... They were also popularized by the film Amadeus - a brilliant film, but emphatically not a biopic, something which was apparently lost on most viewers. 1. read more

Thanks to Leopold's pushiness of the young Wolfgang, Mozart achieved early renown because he was paraded throughout Europe as the prodigy he undoubtedly was. read more

The musical feats and tricks of young Wolfgang were exhibited to the courts (beginning in Munich in 1762), to musical academicians, and to the public. Between the ages of seven and fifteen, the young Mozart spent half of his time on tour. read more

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January 1756 to Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) and Anna Maria, née Pertl (1720–1778), at 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg. This was the capital of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, an ecclesiastic principality in what is now Austria, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. read more