Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1756 January 27 - 1791 December 5
Gender
- Males
Occupations
Places
- Salzburg (Austria) (Place of Birth)
- Vienna (Austria) (Place of Death)
- Austria (Associated Country)
Topics
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Theoph. W. Mozart compositeur, et maitre de musique, agé de 7 ans, 1781
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-172
Collection Overview
Framed etched portrait of Mozart at age 7, engraved by T. Cook (1744-1818) after a work by Carmontelle-Delafosse depicting Leopold Mozart with Wolfgang and Maria Anna (Paris, 1763). It is captioned in French and includes an epigraph from Homer's Hymn on Mercury in Greek below. This engraving was reproduced in Daines Barrington's Miscellanies (London, 1781) accompanying an essay entitled, "Account of a very remarkable young musician." Daines Barrington (1727-1800) was an English lawyer,...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections
G. Theodore Wichmann papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0075
Abstract
Theodore Wichmann (1886-1966) founded the Charleston Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and taught music lessons in Charleston, South Carolina. This collection includes Wichmann's writings on Mozart, Bizet, Rossini, Beethoven, and Ambroise Thomas, printed programs, and business and personal correspondence for the Orchestra and Wichmann's school music lessons.
Dates:
1904-1966
Found in:
Special Collections