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1759: Leopold Mozart’s History of the Hohensalzburg Fortress
Though not directly on the route to Italy or other eighteenth-century ‘Grand Tour’ destinations, Salzburg was nevertheless highly-regarded by contemporaneous travel writers. In 1767, Thomas Nugent wrote that ‘Those who
Mozart’s Leap in the Dark: Re-reading the Requiem
The first book devoted entirely to Mozart’s Requiem, by Albert Hahn, a small-town music director in northern Germany, describes the work in this way: ‘Now . . . we find
1764: Roast Beef
In a letter from London of 13 September 1764, Leopold Mozart describes English eating habits and diet, roast beef in particular: Lunch is at 2 o’clock; this consists either in
1770: A Day Trip Around the Bay of Naples
When Mozart and his father visited Naples in June 1770, Leopold wrote to his wife: ‘On Monday and Tuesday etc. we’re going to take a closer look at Vesuvius, Pompeii and
1764-1765: The Mozarts’ Engravings from London
to see the footnotes, click on the footnote number; to return to the text, hit back on your browser On 28 June 1764, during the family’s stay in London, Leopold
1763: Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, ‘Leopold Mozart and his Two Children’
Portrait executed at Paris, fall-winter 1763-1764; copies: Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Inv. Nr. D. 4496; York, Castle Howard; privately owned. The earliest reference to Carmontelle’s portrait of Leopold Mozart and his