Salzburg and the grand tour : 1756-1769
Works by an "almost supernatural talent"
Italy and Salzburg : 1769-1773
Opera seria : "fitting the clothes to the figure"
Salzburg : 1773-1777
Sacred music : "I have thoroughly acquainted myself with that style since my youth"
Mannheim and Paris : 1777-1779
The "classical style" : Mozart and the keyboard
Salzburg and Munich : 1779-1781
Orchestral music : "the glorious effect of a symphony with flutes, oboes, and clarinets"
Vienna : 1781-1785
Singspiel : "music must never offend the ear"
"Land of the clavier": piano concertos and piano chamber music
Vienna and Prague : 1785-1788
Chamber music : "the greatest composer I know"
Opera buffa : "most important is that it must be really comic"
The last years : 1788-1791
The last works : "a rich possession, but even fairer hopes"
Aftermath: "
de morte transire ad vitam".