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The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01

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"The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a collection of personal correspondence written during the late 18th century. This volume compiles the letters of Mozart from 1769 to 1791, reflecting not just his thoughts on music, but also his life experiences, relationships, and the cultural landscape of his time. The letters provide an intimate glimpse into the psyche of one of classical music's most revered figures, showcasing his genius and the struggles he faced as both an artist and a person. At the start of this volume, the reader is introduced to Mozart's early life, particularly through detailed references to his childhood and his family dynamics, primarily featuring his correspondence with his father and sister. The opening portion highlights the joys and challenges of his upbringing, including the impact of his father's ambitions for his music career. We see a young Mozart travel through various cities, delighting in describing his encounters with art and music while expressing a playful spirit in his letters. His observations about people, places, and his own compositions create a lively narrative that captures both his personality and burgeoning talent, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of his letters throughout the rest of the collection.

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  • Composers · Austria · Correspondence
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 · Correspondence

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First Part — Italy, Vienna, Munich. — 1770 To 1776

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg on the 17th January, 1756. His father, Leopold Mozart, belonged to a respectable tradesman's family in the free city of Augsburg. Conscious of being gifted with no small portion of intellectual endowments, he followed the impulse that led him to aim at a higher position in life, and went to the then celebrated University of Salzburg in order to study jurisprudence. As he did not, however, at once succeed in procuring employment in this profession, he was forced, from his straitened means, to enter the service of Canon Count Thun as valet. Subsequently, however, his talents, and that thorough knowledge of music by which he had already (according to the custom of many students) gained some part of his livelihood, obtained for him a better position. In the year 1743 he was received into the band (Kapelle) of the Salzburg cathedral by Archbishop Sigismund; and as his capabilities and fame as a violinist increased, the same Prince shortly afterwards promoted him to the situation of Hof-Componist (Court Composer) and leader of the orchestra, and in 1762 he was appointed Hof-Kapellmeister (conductor of the Court music).

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Contents

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  1. Preface
  2. First Part — Italy, Vienna, Munich. — 1770 To 1776
  3. First Part — Italy, Vienna, Munich. — 1770 To 1776
  4. Chapter 1: Salzburg, 1769
  5. Chapter 2: Verona, Jan. 1770
  6. Chapter 3: Milan, Jan. 26, 1770
  7. Chapter 4: Milan, Feb. 10, 1770
  8. Chapter 5: Milan, Feb. 17, 1770
  9. Chapter 6
  10. Chapter 7: Milan, March 3, 1770
  11. Chapter 8: Bologna, March 24, 1770
  12. Chapter 9: Rome, April 14, 1770
  13. Chapter 10: Rome, April 21, 1770
  14. Chapter 11: Rome, April 25, 1770
  15. Chapter 12: Naples, May 19, 1770
  16. Chapter 13: Naples, May 29, 1770
  17. Chapter 14: Naples, June 5, 1770
  18. Chapter 16: Rome, July 7, 1770
  19. Chapter 17: Bologna, July 21, 1770
  20. Chapter 18
  21. Chapter 19: Bologna, August 4, 1770
  22. Chapter 20: Bologna, August 21, 1770
  23. Chapter 21: Bologna, Sept. 8, 1770
  24. Chapter 22
  25. Chapter 23: Bologna, Sept. 29, 1770
  26. Chapter 24: Bologna, Oct. 6, 1770
  27. Chapter 25: Milan, Oct. 20, 1770
  28. Chapter 26: Milan, Oct. 27, 1770
  29. Chapter 27: Milan, Nov. 3, 1770
  30. Chapter 28: Milan, Dec. 1, 1770
  31. Chapter 29
  32. Chapter 30: Venice, Feb 15, 1771
  33. Chapter 31: Venice, Feb. 20, 1771
  34. Chapter 32: Verona, August 18, 1771
  35. Chapter 33: Milan, August 23, 1771
  36. Chapter 34: Milan, August 31, 1771
  37. Chapter 35: Milan, Sept. 13, 1771
  38. Chapter 36: Milan, Sept. 21, 1771
  39. Chapter 37: Milan, Oct. 5, 1771
  40. Chapter 38: Milan, Oct. 26, 1771
  41. Chapter 39: Milan, Nov. 2, 1771
  42. Chapter 40: Milan, Nov. 24, 1771
  43. Chapter 41: Milan, Nov. 30, 1771
  44. Chapter 42: Bologna, Oct. 28, 1772
  45. Chapter 43: Milan, Nov. 7, 1772
  46. Chapter 44
  47. Chapter 45: Milan, Nov. 21, 1772
  48. Chapter 46: Milan, Nov. 28, 1772
  49. Chapter 47: Milan, Dec. 5, 1772
  50. Chapter 48: Milan, Dec. 18, 1772
  51. Chapter 49
  52. Chapter 50: Vienna, August 14, 1773
  53. Chapter 51: Vienna, August 21, 1773
  54. Chapter 52: Vienna, Sept. 15, 1773
  55. Chapter 53: Munich, Dec. 28, 1774
  56. Chapter 54: Munich, Dec. 30, 1774
  57. Chapter 55: To His Mother
  58. Chapter 56: To His Mother
  59. Chapter 57
  60. Chapter 58
  61. Second Part. — Munich, Augsburg, Mannheim. — September 1771 to March 1778
  62. Second Part. — Munich, Augsburg, Mannheim. — September 1771 to March 1778
  63. Chapter 59: Wasserburg, Sept. 23, 1777
  64. Chapter 60: Munich, Sept. 26, 1777
  65. Chapter 61: Munich, Sept. 29, 1777
  66. Chapter 62: Munich, Oct. 2, 1777
  67. Chapter 63: Munich, Oct. 6, 1777
  68. Chapter 64: Munich, Oct. 11, 1777
  69. Chapter 65: Augsburg, Oct. 14, 1777
  70. Chapter 66: Augsburg, Oct. 17, 1777
  71. Chapter 67: Augsburg, Oct. 17, 1777
  72. Chapter 68: Augsburg, Oct. 23, 1777
  73. Chapter 69: Augsburg, Oct. 25, 1777
  74. Chapter 70: Mannheim, Oct. 30, 1777
  75. Chapter 71: Mannheim, Nov. 4, 1777
  76. Chapter 72: Mannheim, Nov. 5, 1777
  77. Chapter 73: Mannheim, Nov. 8, 1777
  78. Chapter 74: Mannheim, Nov. 13, 1777
  79. Chapter 75: Mannheim, Nov. 13, 1777
  80. Chapter 76: Mannheim, Nov. 14-16, 1777
  81. Chapter 77: Mannheim, Nov. 20, 1777
  82. Chapter 78: Mannheim, Nov. 22, 1777
  83. Chapter 79
  84. Chapter 80: Mannheim, Nov. 29, 1777
  85. Chapter 81: Mannheim, Dec. 3, 1777
  86. Chapter 82: Mannheim, Dec. 6, 1777
  87. Chapter 83: Mannheim, Dec. 10, 1777
  88. Chapter 84: Mannheim, Dec. 14, 1777
  89. Chapter 85: [A P.S. To a Letter from His Mother.]
  90. Chapter 86: Mannheim, Dec. 20, 1777
  91. Chapter 87: Mannheim, Dec. 27, 1777
  92. Chapter 88: Mannheim, Jan. 7, 1778
  93. Chapter 89: Mannheim, Jan 10, 1778
  94. Chapter 90: Mannheim, Jan. 17, 1778
  95. Chapter 91: Mannheim, Feb. 2 1778
  96. Chapter 92: Mannheim, Feb. 7, 1778
  97. Chapter 93: Mannheim, Feb. 14, 1778
  98. Chapter 94: Mannheim, Feb. 19, 1778
  99. Chapter 95: Mannheim, Feb. 22, 1778
  100. Chapter 96: Mannheim, Feb. 28, 1778
  101. Chapter 97: Mannheim, Feb. 28, 1778
  102. Chapter 98: Mannheim, March 7, 1778
  103. Chapter 99: Mannheim, March. 11, 1778
  104. Third Part. — Paris. — March 1778 to January 1779
  105. Chapter 100: Paris, March 24, 1778
  106. Chapter 101: Paris, April 5, 1778
  107. Chapter 102: Paris, May 1, 1778
  108. Chapter 103: Paris, May 14, 1778
  109. Chapter 104: Paris, May 29, 1778
  110. Chapter 105: Paris, June 12, 1778
  111. Chapter 107: Paris, July 3, 1778
  112. Chapter 108: Paris, July 9, 1778
  113. Chapter 109: Paris, July 18, 1778
  114. Chapter 110: Paris, July 31, 1778
  115. Chapter 111: To Herr Bullinger
  116. Chapter 112: St. Germains, August 27, 1778
  117. Chapter 113: Paris, Sept. 11, 1778
  118. Chapter 114: Nancy, Oct. 3, 1778
  119. Chapter 115: Strassburg, Oct. 15, 1778
  120. Chapter 116: Strassburg, Oct. 20, 1778
  121. Chapter 117: Mannheim, November 12, 1778
  122. Chapter 118: Mannheim, Nov. 24, 1778
  123. Chapter 119: Mannheim, Dec. 3, 1778
  124. Chapter 120: Kaisersheim, Dec. 18, 1778
  125. Chapter 121: Kaisersheim, Dec. 23, 1778
  126. Chapter 122: Munich, Dec. 29, 1778
  127. Chapter 123: Munich, Dec. 31, 1778
  128. Chapter 124: Munich, Jan. 8, 1779
  129. Chapter 125: Salzburg, May 10, 1779
  130. Fourth Part. — Munich. — Idomeneo. — November 1780 to January 1781
  131. Fourth Part. — Munich. — Idomeneo. — November 1780 to January 1781
  132. Chapter 126: Munich, Nov. 8, 1780
  133. Chapter 127: Munich, Nov. 13, 1780
  134. Chapter 128: Munich, Nov. 15, 1780
  135. Chapter 129: Munich, Nov. 22, 1780
  136. Chapter 180: Munich, Nov. 24, 1780
  137. Chapter 131: Munich, Dec. 1, 1780
  138. Chapter 132: Munich, Dec. 5, 1780
  139. Chapter 133: Munich, Dec. 13, 1780
  140. Chapter 134: Munich, Dec. 16, 1780
  141. Chapter 135: Munich, Dec. 19, 1780
  142. Chapter 136: Munich, Dec 27, 1780
  143. Chapter 137: Munich, Dec. 30. 1780
  144. Chapter 138: Munich, Jan. 3, 1780
  145. Chapter 139: Munich, Jan. 10, 1780
  146. Chapter 140: Munich, Jan. 18, 1780

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