Salzburg - Mozart's Birthplace

No. 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg is the house where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 (d. December 5, 1791 in Vienna). The rooms on the third floor which were occupied by the Mozart family are now a museum (mementos, including the young Mozart's violin, portraits, a clavichord of 1760, a pianoforte of 1780, scores, etc.). On the second floor is an interesting exhibition, "Mozart in the Theater", with illuminated miniature stages. Mozart's father Leopold, who occupied the house from 1747 to 1753, was an excellent violinist and music teacher, who from 1762 onwards took Wolfgang and his sister "Nannerl", five years older, on concert tours throughout Europe, when the youthful musician gained great acclaim for his virtuoso piano playing.