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Mozart Sites in Salzburg
Salzburg
www.salzburg.info
Mozart’s Birthplace
The house where Mozart was born now serves as a museum. Displays include the original instruments Mozart used to play on, valuable paintings, as well as old furniture and goods of daily use from Mozart’s times. There are also changing theme-specific and special exhibitions on Mozart; "Mozart at the Theater", for instance, illustrates the different production styles of important producers with the help of models of stage settings and props.
Mozart’s Residence
Today the former home of the Mozart family is a museum documenting the history of the house, life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Commentary (in six languages) and musical excerpts are delivered via hand-held devices activated by infrared signals, and there is a slide show that concentrates on Mozart’s early years, his travels, and his sister Maria Anna - "Nannerl". An “Ambiance Room” gives the visitor an idea about the living conditions at Mozart’s times. Downstairs is the multi-vision show titled “Mozart and Salzburg” – also in six languages.
Zauberflötenhäuschen
The "Zauberflötenhäuschen" (magic flute house) stands in the Bastion gardens which are accessible from the concert halls and border on the Mirabell gardens. In this small wooden hut Mozart composed parts of his “Magic Flute”, KV 620. Allegedly Mozart was locked up in the shed by the librettist Emanuel Schikaneder who wanted to make certain that the composition was completed on time. In 1873 Count Starhemberg donated the “magic flute house” to the International Mozart Foundation. Today the house may be seen in the summer months.
Saint Sebastian’s Graveyard
Near Gabriel’s chapel, at foot of Kapuzinerberg Saint, is Sebastian’s Graveyard, where many members of the Mozart family have their final resting place: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s maternal grandmother (1755), Eva Rosina Pertl (born 1688); Leopold Mozart (1787); Genoveva Weber (born in 1764), the aunt of Constanze Mozart and mother of Carl Maria von Webers (1786-1826); Nannerl’s first daughter Johanna Maria Anna Elisabeth von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1789 -1805); Georg Nikolaus Nissen (1826), Constanze’s second husband; Constanze Nissen (1842), widowed Mozart; Mozart’s two sisters-in-law – Aloisia Lange (1761-1839) and Sophie Haibel (1763-1846) – were both buried at Saint Sebastian’s Graveyard but exhumed in 1895 and laid to rest at the Communal Cemetery.
The Lodron Primogenitor Palace
The Lodron Primogenitor Palace (Mirabellplatz 1) is where Mozart and his friends used to meet to make music; today the building houses the “Academy for Music and Applied Arts Mozarteum”. In 1776 and 1778 Mozart composed two serenades (KV 247, KV 287) for Maria Antonia (1738-1780), the wife of the hereditary marshal Ernst Maria Johann Nepomuk Count Lodron (1716-1779). Mozart dedicated his concert for three pianos KV 242 to her and her daughters Maria Aloysia (born 1761) and Maria Josepha (born 1764).
Mozart Monument
In 1835 Sigmund von Koflern from Salzburg, and the writer Julius Schilling from Posen suggested to have a Mozart monument in Salzburg. After a successful appeal for funds the Munich sculptor Ludwig von Schwanthaler and the royal caster Johann Stiglmaier were commissioned to design the statue.
On September 4, 1842 4. September 1842 the monument was officially unveiled in the presence of Mozart’s two sons (Constanze Nissen, widowed Mozart, had died on March 6,1842 in Salzburg). Franz Xaver Mozart, called Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (jr), conducted the festive cantata op. 30 he had composed in his father’s honor.
Dome
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s parents, Leopold and Anna Maria, were married at the Dome zu Salzburg on November 21, 1747. The assumption that they were married in Aigen near Salzburg goes back to a joking remark Leopold Mozart made in a letter to Lorenz Hagenauer. It was in Aigen though where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized on January 28, 1756. Mozart – who had been court organist since 1779 – composed his church music almost exclusively for the Dome zu Salzburg. He wrote masses, penitential psalms, litanies, chorals and sonatas.
St. Peter Arch Abbey
Since his youth, Mozart had a close relation to the St. Peter arch abbey. For the ordination of his friend Kajetan Rupert Hagenauer, who was the monatery’s abbot from 1786 - 1811, Mozart composed the “Dominicus Mass” KV 66. During his stay in Salzburg, Mozart conducted the premier of his unfinished mass in c-minor KV 427 (417a) on October 26, 1783. His wife Constanze performed the soprano part.
Mozart’s sister Maria Anna Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1751-1829) and Mozart’s friend Johann Michael Haydn St. Peter’s Cemetery are buried in the communal tomb located behind the collegiate church. Small portraits remind of these two famous Salzburg residents.
Residenz
Two of Mozart’s works were premiered at the Residenz’ Knights’ Hall (Residenzplatz 1): the first was the religious drama “The obligation of the first commandment” KV 35 on March 12, 1767, the second the serenade “Il Re pastore” KV 208 on April 23, 1775. As a member of the Salzburg Court Music Mozart gave numerous concerts at the Residenz.
Old University
At the tender age of five, Mozart acted as dancer in the school drama “Sigismundus Hungariae Rex” which was performed at the Great Aula of the Old University (today’s Faculty of Theology, Hofstallgasse). His school play “Apollo et Hyacinthus” KV 38 premiered on May 13, 1767.
Collegiate Church
Mozart composed his D-Minor Mass KV 65 (61a) for the festive start of the forty-hour prayer vigil at the Collegiate Church (University Church, Universitätsplatz) on February 5, 1769.
Mozarteum
(Schwarzstraße 26 und 28)
The “International Mozart Foundation” was established on September 20, 1880, after the disintegration of the “Dome Music Association and Mozarteum” (founded in 1841) whose aim it was to treasure and promote classical music and to honor Mozart. In 1909 the “International Mozart Foundation” advertised an architectural competition for a Mozart House. Winner of this competition was the German architect Richard Berndl (1875-1955). His Jugendstil Mozart House, locally known as “Mozarteum”, was built between 1910-1914.
The “International Mozart Foundation” is indebted to Mozart friends from all over the globe. Worldwide there are more than 70 Mozart societies. celebrating the memory of this exceptional musician.
Activities of the “International Mozart Foundation”:
Concerts: Mozart Week – the Salzburg music festival in the winter, concert season, Encounters – the Mozart festival in the spring;
Museums: Mozart’s Birthplace, Mozart’s Residence, Magic Flute House
Science: Bibliotheca Mozartiana – the world’s most comprehensive library on Mozart, New Mozart edition, Mozart archives, Mozart film and sound collection;
Between 1844 and 1858 Mozart’s two sons, Franz Xaver Wolfgang and Carl, presented the “International Mozart Foundation” with the entire collection of their father’s works, which form the foundation of the library and the archives as well as the Mozart museum. Among these assets are Mozart autographs and original instruments, a large part of his correspondence, as well as paintings and books which once belonged to the Mozart family.
The “International Mozart Foundation” has been pursuing its much-admired goals and ambitions for more than a century.
Maria Plain Pilgrimage Church
Mozart composed his Mass in F-Minor KV 192 (and not his “Coronation Mass” KV 317 as is often wrongly maintained) for the Maria Plain pilgrimage church where his often attended Mass.
Mozart Memorial in St.Gilgen
Mozart’s mother Anna Maria Walburga Pertl was born in St. Gilgen on December 25, 1720. In 1983 a memorial room was set up in the house where portraits and documents of Mozart’s family are on display. Today the house is the seat of the regional court.
www.salzburg.info
Mozart’s Birthplace
The house where Mozart was born now serves as a museum. Displays include the original instruments Mozart used to play on, valuable paintings, as well as old furniture and goods of daily use from Mozart’s times. There are also changing theme-specific and special exhibitions on Mozart; "Mozart at the Theater", for instance, illustrates the different production styles of important producers with the help of models of stage settings and props.
Mozart’s Residence
Today the former home of the Mozart family is a museum documenting the history of the house, life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Commentary (in six languages) and musical excerpts are delivered via hand-held devices activated by infrared signals, and there is a slide show that concentrates on Mozart’s early years, his travels, and his sister Maria Anna - "Nannerl". An “Ambiance Room” gives the visitor an idea about the living conditions at Mozart’s times. Downstairs is the multi-vision show titled “Mozart and Salzburg” – also in six languages.
Zauberflötenhäuschen
The "Zauberflötenhäuschen" (magic flute house) stands in the Bastion gardens which are accessible from the concert halls and border on the Mirabell gardens. In this small wooden hut Mozart composed parts of his “Magic Flute”, KV 620. Allegedly Mozart was locked up in the shed by the librettist Emanuel Schikaneder who wanted to make certain that the composition was completed on time. In 1873 Count Starhemberg donated the “magic flute house” to the International Mozart Foundation. Today the house may be seen in the summer months.
Saint Sebastian’s Graveyard
Near Gabriel’s chapel, at foot of Kapuzinerberg Saint, is Sebastian’s Graveyard, where many members of the Mozart family have their final resting place: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s maternal grandmother (1755), Eva Rosina Pertl (born 1688); Leopold Mozart (1787); Genoveva Weber (born in 1764), the aunt of Constanze Mozart and mother of Carl Maria von Webers (1786-1826); Nannerl’s first daughter Johanna Maria Anna Elisabeth von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1789 -1805); Georg Nikolaus Nissen (1826), Constanze’s second husband; Constanze Nissen (1842), widowed Mozart; Mozart’s two sisters-in-law – Aloisia Lange (1761-1839) and Sophie Haibel (1763-1846) – were both buried at Saint Sebastian’s Graveyard but exhumed in 1895 and laid to rest at the Communal Cemetery.
The Lodron Primogenitor Palace
The Lodron Primogenitor Palace (Mirabellplatz 1) is where Mozart and his friends used to meet to make music; today the building houses the “Academy for Music and Applied Arts Mozarteum”. In 1776 and 1778 Mozart composed two serenades (KV 247, KV 287) for Maria Antonia (1738-1780), the wife of the hereditary marshal Ernst Maria Johann Nepomuk Count Lodron (1716-1779). Mozart dedicated his concert for three pianos KV 242 to her and her daughters Maria Aloysia (born 1761) and Maria Josepha (born 1764).
Mozart Monument
In 1835 Sigmund von Koflern from Salzburg, and the writer Julius Schilling from Posen suggested to have a Mozart monument in Salzburg. After a successful appeal for funds the Munich sculptor Ludwig von Schwanthaler and the royal caster Johann Stiglmaier were commissioned to design the statue.
On September 4, 1842 4. September 1842 the monument was officially unveiled in the presence of Mozart’s two sons (Constanze Nissen, widowed Mozart, had died on March 6,1842 in Salzburg). Franz Xaver Mozart, called Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (jr), conducted the festive cantata op. 30 he had composed in his father’s honor.
Dome
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s parents, Leopold and Anna Maria, were married at the Dome zu Salzburg on November 21, 1747. The assumption that they were married in Aigen near Salzburg goes back to a joking remark Leopold Mozart made in a letter to Lorenz Hagenauer. It was in Aigen though where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized on January 28, 1756. Mozart – who had been court organist since 1779 – composed his church music almost exclusively for the Dome zu Salzburg. He wrote masses, penitential psalms, litanies, chorals and sonatas.
St. Peter Arch Abbey
Since his youth, Mozart had a close relation to the St. Peter arch abbey. For the ordination of his friend Kajetan Rupert Hagenauer, who was the monatery’s abbot from 1786 - 1811, Mozart composed the “Dominicus Mass” KV 66. During his stay in Salzburg, Mozart conducted the premier of his unfinished mass in c-minor KV 427 (417a) on October 26, 1783. His wife Constanze performed the soprano part.
Mozart’s sister Maria Anna Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1751-1829) and Mozart’s friend Johann Michael Haydn St. Peter’s Cemetery are buried in the communal tomb located behind the collegiate church. Small portraits remind of these two famous Salzburg residents.
Residenz
Two of Mozart’s works were premiered at the Residenz’ Knights’ Hall (Residenzplatz 1): the first was the religious drama “The obligation of the first commandment” KV 35 on March 12, 1767, the second the serenade “Il Re pastore” KV 208 on April 23, 1775. As a member of the Salzburg Court Music Mozart gave numerous concerts at the Residenz.
Old University
At the tender age of five, Mozart acted as dancer in the school drama “Sigismundus Hungariae Rex” which was performed at the Great Aula of the Old University (today’s Faculty of Theology, Hofstallgasse). His school play “Apollo et Hyacinthus” KV 38 premiered on May 13, 1767.
Collegiate Church
Mozart composed his D-Minor Mass KV 65 (61a) for the festive start of the forty-hour prayer vigil at the Collegiate Church (University Church, Universitätsplatz) on February 5, 1769.
Mozarteum
(Schwarzstraße 26 und 28)
The “International Mozart Foundation” was established on September 20, 1880, after the disintegration of the “Dome Music Association and Mozarteum” (founded in 1841) whose aim it was to treasure and promote classical music and to honor Mozart. In 1909 the “International Mozart Foundation” advertised an architectural competition for a Mozart House. Winner of this competition was the German architect Richard Berndl (1875-1955). His Jugendstil Mozart House, locally known as “Mozarteum”, was built between 1910-1914.
The “International Mozart Foundation” is indebted to Mozart friends from all over the globe. Worldwide there are more than 70 Mozart societies. celebrating the memory of this exceptional musician.
Activities of the “International Mozart Foundation”:
Concerts: Mozart Week – the Salzburg music festival in the winter, concert season, Encounters – the Mozart festival in the spring;
Museums: Mozart’s Birthplace, Mozart’s Residence, Magic Flute House
Science: Bibliotheca Mozartiana – the world’s most comprehensive library on Mozart, New Mozart edition, Mozart archives, Mozart film and sound collection;
Between 1844 and 1858 Mozart’s two sons, Franz Xaver Wolfgang and Carl, presented the “International Mozart Foundation” with the entire collection of their father’s works, which form the foundation of the library and the archives as well as the Mozart museum. Among these assets are Mozart autographs and original instruments, a large part of his correspondence, as well as paintings and books which once belonged to the Mozart family.
The “International Mozart Foundation” has been pursuing its much-admired goals and ambitions for more than a century.
Maria Plain Pilgrimage Church
Mozart composed his Mass in F-Minor KV 192 (and not his “Coronation Mass” KV 317 as is often wrongly maintained) for the Maria Plain pilgrimage church where his often attended Mass.
Mozart Memorial in St.Gilgen
Mozart’s mother Anna Maria Walburga Pertl was born in St. Gilgen on December 25, 1720. In 1983 a memorial room was set up in the house where portraits and documents of Mozart’s family are on display. Today the house is the seat of the regional court.
