How did Mozart’s father earn a living?

Mozart’s father, Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, was a German composer, violinist, and theorist. He was a virtuosic violinist who studied professionally in the court of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, and he played professionally in Mozart’s own right.

He taught both his sons, Wolfgang and Nannerl, as well as touring musicians as the family’s touring act. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period whose composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time.

In Milan, Mozart wrote the opera Mitridate, re di Ponto (1770). From 1782 to 1785 Mozart mounted concerts with himself as a soloist, presenting three or four new piano concertos in each season.

Mozart’s most famous works include the operas “The Marriage of Figaro” (1786), “Don Giovanni” (1787), and “The Magic Flute” (1791).

Mozart also composed many symphonies, including the “Jupiter Symphony” (1788), and chamber music, such as the “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” (1787).