> Bach met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1764, when Mozart was just 8 years old, following a performance by the child musical prodigy at the English court. The two musicians became fast friends. Mozart would later cite Bach as an instrumental influence in his work. Also in 1764, Bach joined forces with his childhood friend, musician and composer Carl Friedrich Abel.
Together, Bach and Abel developed a series of public concerts—aptly called the Bach-Abel Concerts—consisting of 10-15 shows performed at the same time every week. Their series, which ran until 1782, established the classical concer…