**Mozart learned of Bach's music relatively late in life, in the 1780's, from Baron von Swieten, an ambassador and connoiseur who brought Bach's music with him to Vienna. Von Swieten would hold all-night music sessions where only Bach and Handel was played; a few decades later, Beethoven would also be invited to Von Swieten's palace. | **Mozart learned of Bach's music relatively late in life, in the 1780's, from Baron von Swieten, an ambassador and connoiseur who brought Bach's music with him to Vienna. Von Swieten would hold all-night music sessions where only Bach and Handel was played; a few decades later, Beethoven would also be invited to Von Swieten's palace. |