mozart in vienna
 

Planning a trip to Vienna and will do some research soon. In the meantime, would like to know from those of you who have already traveled to the area, what are the best places to visit to learn more about Mozart's life. I know most of his life was spent in Salzburg. So, might plan to go there too.
Any tips, advice or information is greatly appreciated. Have a great day.

http://www.mozarthausvienna.at/en/

<i><b>Mozarthaus Vienna</b> - A centre devoted to the life and works of a musical genius

Domgasse 5 is the only one of Mozart’s apartments in Vienna that still exists today. The composer lived in Mozarthaus Vienna from 1784 to 1787 in grand style, with four large rooms, two small ones and a kitchen. The life and works of this musical genius are presented in and around this apartment on four exhibition levels. In addition to the historical Mozart apartment visitors can find out about the times in which Mozart lived and his most important works. The exhibition focuses on his years in Vienna, which marked a high point in his creativity. The tour starts on the 3rd floor of the building with details of Mozart’s time in Vienna: where he lived and performed, who his friends and supporters were, his relationship to the Freemasons, his passion for games and much more. The presentation on the 2nd floor deals with Mozart’s operatic works, and the apartment on the 1st floor focuses on the two and a half years that Mozart and his family lived there.</i>

If you are interested in Beethoven, or Schubert, or Haydn, or J Strauss, there are several museums dedicated to them in Vienna. All of these, as well as Mozarthaus, are managed by Wien Museum.
http://www.wienmuseum.at/en/location...partments.html

http://www.mozarthausvienna.at/en/

Was very interesting!

And don't forget the <b>Mirror Room</b> at Schonbrunn Palace where the six year-old Mozart gave his first concert for Empress Maria Theresa.

http://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/things-...rror-room.html

I found his house very interesting at Domgrasse. I think if you really want to learn about Mozart's life, though, reading a good biography would teach you more than visits to his residences. The actual apt. where he died isn't around any more in Vienna, I was searching for it and it is a newer building now, I guess it got torn down, more or less. He lived in Prague for a while, also, and they have yet another Mozart house there (really belonged to someone else). They have a monument to Mozart in a Vienna cemetery, also, but they don't know his real grave, so that won't be that interesting, perhaps. Mozart did live the most years in Salzburg, but most of them were as a child or teenager, not an adult working composer. I think he was only there a few years as an adult.

As pointed out by another Fodorite, Mozart lived in the building that now houses the Best Western Tigra...why not stay in the same building he did?
http://www.bestwestern.at/hotels/Aus...57-415-en.html

Mozart's statue inside Burggarten:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/IMG_3298.jpg

Hi; I can tell you Mozart wrote The Marriage of Figaro in a building now associated with this hotel. We have stayed there and the location is just behind St Stephens Cathedral. www.kvu.at/ This is a good quick bio of Mozarts life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Mozart Dick

Mozart also stayed in the building that's now the Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth...he did get around!

So happy to see so many replies and also to learn so many facts.
I will take my time to learn more on the subject through all the links provided.
With all this knowledge in hand, it will be easy to see things in Vienna and to understand his life better.
Will read some biographies and books on Vienna too.
Among "Things to do" now--visit the library!
Thanks a ton.

hi ileen,

why not develop an interest in Beethoven? - there's loads about him in and around Vienna.

we went to his summer home in Grinzing to the north of Vienna [coupled with a visit to the Heuriger nearby it makes a very nice outing] his house in Baden where he wrote the 9th symphony, and walked along the paths through the Vienna woods that he loved. we were more or less alone.

it seemed strange that Mozart is so feted whilst Ludvig is relatively ignored.

The Vienna tourism website has good basic info about Mozart. It may be the best place to start (plus it's free). It even has a downloadable walk available:
http://www.wien.info/en/music-stage-...c/mozarts-life

Hi annhig; Love Beethoven and certainly he is not ignored. Went to Tanglewood last year to see the 9th. But the poster asked about Mozart. Dick

Annhig: Thanks for inspiring me to learn about Beethoven. I did not know there is lots in Vienna connected to him. Thus, I will research more and learn more.
I am not too much into music, thus seem very ignorant. But since I am visiting Vienna, I wanted to learn more.
With help of all Fodorites and their encouragement, inspiration and experiences I am sure I will learn more and appreciate the work of these musicians.
Thanks.

here's a mozart/beethoven link - beethoven was one of the pall-bearers at mozart's funeral, or so i learnt from our viennese travels.

my interest in Beethoven [apart from listening to his works] started when we visited Franz Liszt's house, now a museum, in Budapest. when Beethoven died, his piano was given to Liszt, and there it is in this museum, unsung and unplayed. Next to the concert grands that Liszt, it looks tiny. I had this vision of deaf old Ludwig hammering out his compositions on this inadequate instrument, trying and failing to hear what his music sounded like.

That, and walking along the footpaths that he trod has really helped to bring him to life for me, much more than all the mozart-mania does for wolfie.

Hi ileen; Brahms was a German who spent much of his time in Vienna. Brahms, Bach and Beethoven, considered the 'big three B's. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms Dick