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  1. Portrait of Beethoven as a young man (1801) by Carl Traugott Riedel (1769–1832) Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770, about 14 years after Mozart (born Salzburg, 1756). In 1781, during Beethoven's childhood, Mozart had moved from Salzburg to Vienna, the Austrian imperial capital, to pursue his career. While Bonn was politically and culturally ...

  2. Mar 6, 2018 · In 1787, when Beethoven was 17 years of age he left Bonn on six months' leave of absence from the court orchestra, and arrived in Vienna a month later. Armed with a letter of introduction from Max Franz, whom Mozart knew, he gained entry into Mozart's home and was ushered into the music room to meet his great idol.

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  3. Jan 30, 2023 · Beethoven was introduced to Vienna by Max Franz, a fellow musician, after arriving in the Austrian capital. Beethoven, Mozart’s greatest rival in the music world, wanted to meet him. Beethoven was taken aback by Mozart’s talent when he first met him. Their friendship was founded on mutual admiration and respect for one another’s work. Did ...

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  5. Oct 13, 2022 · The young Ludwig van Beethoven had every intention of studying with Mozart. In 1787, when Beethoven was 16, he traveled to Vienna to meet and study with Mozart. But then his mother fell ill ...

  6. Everything You Should Know. Ludwig van Beethoven's dream since he was a child in Bonn was to travel to Vienna and meet – and receive lessons from – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whom he considered to be the best composer. On a career break from the Bonn Court Orchestra in 1787, Beethoven, then 16, and Mozart met in Vienna.

  7. Mozart's influence on Beethoven. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a comic opera, Bastien Und Bastienne, in 1768. He was just 12 at the time and the opera is a very simple work, adapted from a play that was popular in Vienna at the time, “The Loves of Bastien and Bastienne”, which itself was a comic parody of a hit play by Jean Jacques Rousseau.

  8. Jan 27, 2020 · Composer Ludwig van Beethoven moved to Vienna twice.The first time, in 1787, he was only 17 years old and meant to study under Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s tutelage.