... Viennese society, was still two mouths shy of his seventh birthday."-Mozart project Mozart continued to tour and write music. "When the family went to Vienna in 1768, Italy Roman Emperor Joseph II commissioned the boy to write the opera La finta semplus (The Feigned Simpleton). This is the first instance when Mozart aroused the professional jealously of other composers, who were shocked to learn that a 12-year-old boy was to be treated as their equal"- Student Research Center Mozart returned to Salzburg. By this time he had mastered almost every genre. "It was not until about 1773, when Mozart was seventeen and had written more than two dozen symphonies, that his true genius as a symphonist emerged." -Peter Gay " "Mozart hoped for an appointment at a royal court. Instead, the new Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus, Count of Colloredo, employed him as a new musician. Hoping to excite new ...

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