The Mozart Society of America has edited and posted full texts of selected early biographies of Mozart in order to provide convenient access to some of the literature that has shaped our view of Mozart's life and work.
Author
Title
Citation
Year
Barrington, Daines
“Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician”
Miscellanies.
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A Brief Biography Of Mozart – Mozart Project
Biography – Mozart Project
Wolfgang Mozart - Composer, Musician, Age and ... - Biography
London: J. Nichols.
1871
Bingley, William
“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart”
Musical Biography: Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Musical Composers and Writers Who Have Flourished in the Different Countries of Europe during the Last Three Centuries.
2 vols. London: Henry Colburn.
1834
Burney, Charles
“Mozart, John Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus”
The Cyclopedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.
S.v. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees.
1819-20
Burney, Charles
“Mozart, Leopold”
The Cyclopedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.