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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.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with his sister Maria Anna and father Leopold, on the wall a portrait of his dead mother Anna Maria, c. 1780 The Mozart family were the ancestors, relatives, and descendants of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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 ...
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]
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]
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. [64] [65] Lange's relationship with Mozart went beyond common family ties: both were masons and went in the same social circles. [66]
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.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.