Johann andreas schachtner biography samples

&#;SCHACHTNER, Johann Andreas, from trumpeter to the Archbishop of Salzburg, and previously, according to a letter of Mozart's (Oct.

17, ) in the church-choir at Ingolstadt, where he was brought up in the Jesuit school. He died in He was a thorough musician (much greater knowledge was required to play the trumpet then than now) and had literary tastes besides.

Being intimate with the Mozart family he watched with great interest the extraordinary early development of Wolfgang's genius, and 20 years later wrote, at the request of Mozart's sister, a letter^[1]to which we owe a host of characteristic and touching details.

His affection was fully returned, for 'Wolfgangerl' would ask him a dozen times a day if he was really fond of him, and when Schachtner would sometimes in fun say 'No,' the tears would start into his eyes 'so loving and so tender was his little heart.' When the two were carrying his toys from one