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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was an Austrian composer who wrote a wide range of works including piano concertos, string quartets, symphonies, operas, and sacred music. Regarded as one of or perhaps the greatest natural musical talent...
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Katharina Zell's Defending Clerical Marriage
Defending Clerical Marriage (1524) is an open letter by reformer and theologian Katharina Zell (nee Schütz, l. 1497-1562), written to justify the marriage of Christian clergy. The Catholic Church prohibited clerical marriage, but Katharina...
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St. Wolfgang Altarpiece
The high altarpiece in the church of St. Wolfgang in Salzkammergut, Austria. Designed by Michael Pacher, it is made of pine and spruce wood which has been richly painted and gilded. Completed in 1481, it is considered a masterpiece of Renaissance...
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The Satire of the Trades
The literature of ancient Egypt is as rich and varied as any other culture. From the inscriptions of the Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2613-2181 BCE) through the Love Poems of the New Kingdom (c. 1570 - c. 1069 BCE) the Egyptian scribes produced...
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Leopold, Maria Anna, & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A c. 1781 painting by Johann Nepomuk della Croce showing Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) and his two children, Maria Anna (nicknamed ‘Nannerl’, 1751-1829) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
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Mozart by Krafft
An 1819 portrait by Barbara Krafft of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
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Mozart's Piano
The fortepiano played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) when he was in Prague in 1787. (Czech Museum of Music, Prague)
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Portrait of Mozart by Stock
A portrait by Dora Stock of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Made two years before his death, it is regarded as one of the closest likenesses to the composer. (Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria)
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Mozart's Music for his Requiem
A facsimile sheet of the music handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) of the composer's Requiem (1791).
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Mendelssohn Plays to Goethe
An 1864 painting by Moritz Oppenheim showing the composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) playing to poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). (Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main)