MOZART
IN AUGSBURG
He doesn’t
sound a day over 230
Bavarian
Augsburg proclaims itself the “German Mozart City”. And
though the composer noted for his impossibly intricate and whimsically
dark musical operas left his mark on many European cities, only Augsburg
has statues dedicated to two Mozarts. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music
teacher and overbearing father, Leopold Mozart, was born in Augsburg (see Mozarthaus Leopold Birth House Augsburg).
After the family left this city on the Romantic Road (see Romantic
Road Touring ) for the proud dad to take his prodigy son on tour through
Europe, performing
in the
salons
of
the
aristrocracy
-
the
Joe Jackson (father of the “gloved one”) of his day, they
returned to the city many times for performances. It was during a 1777
visit that Wolfgang Amadeus began a love affair with his cousin, Maria
Anna Thekla Mozart, and the famous "Bäsle letters" were
written to her.
May events and performances include two weeks of the German Mozart
Festival. If you can’t
get there until summer, listen to open air performances ranging from classical
to jazz at the Fronhof, the former residence of the Bishop
of Augsburg, where a monument to father Mozart and son stands. And
you know Wolgang Amadeus Mozart would be totally into jazz.
Augsburg is easily reachable from Munich in about a half hour plus by train or car. The other Mozart cities are in Austria, Salzburg where the composer was born and grew is about two hours the other way (see Mozart's Birth House) and where Leopold is buried along with Mozart's wife Contanze (see Mozart Graves St Sebastiens Cemetery) and Vienna, where the musical prodigy became famous (see Mozart Concerts) and died a pauper (see Where Mozart Died) is about four hours . © Bargain Travel Europe
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SEE ALSO:
FUGGER & WELSER MUSEUM
DACHAU HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
CASTLE ART MUSEUM BAVARIA
BURG REICHENSTEIN
DINKELSBUHL WALLED TOWN ON THE ROMANTIC ROAD
JOHANNES SEBASTIAN BACH MUSEUM LEIPZIG
