who influenced wolfgang amadeus mozart?
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 This was the start of a movement to downgrade Mendelssohn 's status as a composer which lasted almost a century , the echoes of which still survive today in critiques of Mendelssohn 's supposed mediocrity . 

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 Leopold Mozart had been employed since 1747 as a musician in the Archbishop of Salzburg 's court , becoming deputy Kapellmeister in 1763 , but he had also devoted much time to Wolfgang 's and sister Nannerl 's musical education . He took them on a European tour between 1764 and 1766 , and spent some of 1767 and most of 1768 with them in the imperial capital , Vienna . The children 's performances had captivated audiences , and the pair had made a considerable impression on European society . By 1769 , Nannerl had reached adulthood , but Leopold was anxious to continue 13 @-@ year @-@ old Wolfgang 's education in Italy , a crucially important destination for any rising composer of the 18th century . 

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 Maynard Solomon summarises the Italian journeys as a great triumph , but suggests that from Leopold 's standpoint they also incorporated a great failure . The Mozarts had certainly profited financially , and Wolfgang had developed artistically , into a recognised composer . Although the Mozarts ' reception had not been uniformly cordial — they had been cold @-@ shouldered by the Neapolitan court and the Prince of Thurn and Taxis had snubbed them — the Italians had generally responded with enthusiasm . Wolfgang had been received and knighted by the Pope ; he had been granted membership in leading philharmonic societies and had studied with Italy 's greatest music scholar , Giovanni Martini . Above all , he had been accepted as a practitioner of Italian opera by a leading opera house , completing three commissions that resulted in acclaimed performances . Other compositions resulted from the Italian experience , including a full @-@ scale oratorio , several symphonies , string quartets , and numerous minor works . 

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 The work is one of Mozart 's most advanced compositions in the concerto genre . Its early admirers included Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms . Musicologist Arthur Hutchings considered it to be Mozart 's greatest piano concerto . 

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 In 1821 Zelter introduced Mendelssohn to his friend and correspondent , the elderly Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who was greatly impressed by the child , leading to perhaps the earliest confirmed comparison with Mozart in the following conversation between Goethe and Zelter : 
