On the morning of 5 December 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna at the age of 35. He had only been ill for two weeks. His widow Constanze was 29 years old. She had been at his bedside

Mozart’s music is often described as light, frothy, effortless, elegant, or even decorative. That lightweight reputation does him a disservice. Beneath the beauty lies one of the sharpest dramatic minds in music history: a composer inspired by human psychology, social

Two centuries after his death, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart remains one of the most-streamed and searched composers in the world. From operatic showstoppers to symphonic masterpieces, his music continues to dominate YouTube playlists, film soundtracks, and viral crossover performances. But which

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the most famous composers in Western music history – and one of the most mythologised. Over the past two centuries, popular culture has transformed Mozart’s legacy into a series of legends: the genius who

Hieronymus von Colloredo, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, had a long political career, but today he is best known as Mozart’s strict employer…and eventual enemy. His efforts to modernise Salzburg by constraining spending and curbing musical performances brought him into direct

Born on 30 March 1959 in the rolling hills of southern Germany, Sabine Meyer grew up in a family dedicated to the clarinet. Her grandfather, her father, and her older brother all played the clarinet, and by the age of

Just as in his piano concertos, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) created a world in his five violin concertos where the solo instrument is in conversation with the orchestra, rather than fighting it. The violin is very much a part of

We remember Leopold Mozart today as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but his life story includes many more chapters than just the ones on his son. Leopold’s story on its own is incredibly remarkable. He was born into modest