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As indicated by Mozart's return letters (which alone survive), his father was strongly opposed to the Vienna move, wanting Wolfgang to return to Salzburg. A fairly harsh family quarrel resulted. He was also strongly opposed to Wolfgang's marriage to Constanze Weber in 1782, and gave his permission late, reluctantly, and under duress.
Johann Georg Mozart (4 May 1679 – 19 February 1736) was a bookbinder who lived in Augsburg in the 17th and 18th centuries. He was the father of Leopold Mozart and the paternal grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Johann Georg was the son of Franz Mozart, a master mason. However, Johann Georg pursued a different career, becoming a master ...
Following the advice of his father, [7] Mozart wore his insignia in public, and in particular to a dinner arranged by a young aristocrat named Jakob Alois Karl Langenmantel. Langenmantel and his brother-in-law teased Mozart mercilessly about the insignia, and Mozart ultimately was moved to reply very sharply and eventually depart. [8]
The two surviving sons of Wolfgang Amadeus and Constanze Mozart: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (left) and Karl Thomas (right) (by Hans Hansen, Vienna, 1800) Karl Thomas Mozart [a] (21 September 1784 – 31 October 1858) was the second son and, along with his brother, one of the two surviving children of Wolfgang and Constanze Mozart.
The archbishop, aware of Mozart's worth as a composer, refused to sign the letter of resignation that Mozart had presented to him, making Mozart for the rest of his days a runaway vassal, a dangerous condition in 18th century Europe. [54] In correspondence with his father, Mozart recounts how the meeting with Count Arco unfolded: [53]
In the spring of 1783, Mozart had the miniature sent to his father in Salzburg, alongside a similar one of Constanze, both referenced in a letter. [65] [66] Lange's relationship with Mozart went beyond common family ties: both were masons and went in the same social circles. [67]
A surviving letter of Mozart's to his father Leopold (31 July 1778) indicates that he considered composition an active process:. You know that I plunge myself into music, so to speak—that I think about it all day long—that I like experimenting—studying—reflecting.
Mozart's father, Leopold, was a notable name at the university, as many of his pupils were enrolled in the university high school, where theatre played a large role in the curriculum. [ 1 ] Mozart's first encounter with the university was at the age of five on September 1 and 3, 1761, when he appeared as an extra in Jakob Anton Wimmer and ...