Constanze, Mozart's Beloved (eBook)

Agnes Selby (Autor)

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2013 | revised edition
272 Seiten
Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
978-3-99012-116-0 (ISBN)

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Constanze, the wife of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, was not the foolish and self-interested individual of popular opinion, much of which is based on the views of Mozart's father, who believed that his son had chosen an inappropriate partner. This strong-minded woman was, however, to be of critical support to her beloved husband. From a family of accomplished musicians, she was possessed of a fine voice and sang in public performances of a number of Mozart's works, both before and after his death. She bore him six children, of whom two survived childhood. Her business acumen was such that after his death she was largely responsible for keeping his music before the public, organising concerts, securing the accurate publication of many of his works, including the Requiem, and acquiring patronage from the aristocracy. Her second marriage to the Dane, Georg Nikolaus Nissen, continued a life story which is a rich example of self-sufficiency and competence in an era when a woman in business was a rarity. Importantly, this book restores the reputation of a woman much maligned by history. Revised edition

Autor

Agnes Selby is an Australian writer living with her family in Sydney.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments

Part I: Constanze, Wife of Mozart
Weber/ Mozart Family Tree
Ancestry and Youth
On the Move-Munich and Vienna
Courtship and Marriage
Life with Mozart
The Salzburg Journey
Prosperity and Freedom
Leopold Mozart's Visit
The Marriage of Figaro
Don Giovanni and the Descent to Hell
The Death of Emperor Joseph II and an End of an Era
A Requiem for Mozart
Mozart's Death

Part II : Constanze, Widow of Mozart and Madam Nissen
Constanze-A Woman Alone
Keeping Mozart's Music Alive
Nissen
Constanze's Second Marriage
Goodbye to Vienna Forever
An Interlude in Copenhagen
Nissen's Mozart Biography
Constanze's Second Widowhood
A Pleasant Interlude
Problems with Doctor Feuerstein
Fulfilment of a Dream
Epilogue
Appendix-Mozart's Sons: The Legacy of a Genius
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.9.2013
• Verlagsort: Wien
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Amadeus • Biography • Constanze • Constanze; Constanze Mozart; Konstanze; Musikgeschichte; Theater; Theaterwissenschaft; Wolfgang; Amadeus; Mozart; Nissen; Weber; Music; music history; biography • Constanze Mozart • Konstanze • Mozart • music • Music History • Musikgeschichte • Nissen • Theater • Theaterwissenschaft • Weber • Wolfgang
• ISBN-10: 3-99012-116-2 / 3990121162
• ISBN-13: 978-3-99012-116-0 / 9783990121160