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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, oil on canvas by Barbara Krafft, 1819.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first symphonies while visiting London during his family's grand tour of Europe, which took place between 1763 and 1766.12
Under the influence of Johann Christian Bach, whom he met in London, Mozart composed three symphonies (K 16, K 19, and K 19a). Following these, he composed two additional symphonies (K 22 and K 45a) during a stay in The Hague on the family's return journey to Salzburg.2