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Three Generations Mozart at Frankfurt – A City Guide
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FRANKFURTER BÜRGERSTIFTUNG
IM HOLZHAUSENSCHLÖSSCHEN

1763: Leopold Mozart, director of music from Salzburg arrives at Frankfurt
with his family.The concert of the two wunderkind Nannerl and Wolfgang
charm the Frankfurter.Among them, a later celebrity: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
1790: On the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II, the now famous
componist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stays another time at Frankfurt.
He meets plenty of old acquaintances, dines in the most famous houses of
the city and gives a concert.
1820: Mozart’s youngest son, Franz Xaver, called Wolfgang Amadeus junior,
stays at Frankfurt for a period of four weeks while on a concert trip which took
him a couple of years. He is delighted by the Cäcilien-Verein.
Three generation of Mozart at Frankfurt:
three milestones of Frankfurt’s music history!
Three Generations Mozart at Frankfurt – A City Map
page 3 WELCOME
page 4 FOREWORD
page 6 A CITY GUIDE
page 9 1. MAINBRÜCKE
page 10 2. MAINKAI/FAHRTOR
page 10 3. RÖMERBERG
page 11 4. BENDERGASSE 3
page 12 5. «KAISERDOM» ST. BARTHOLOMÄUS
page 13 6. GASTOF «ZUM GOLDENEN LÖWEN»
page 14 7. SCHÄRFENGÄSSCHEN/CORNER OF HOLZGRABEN
page 16 8. GASTHOF «ZUM WEISSEN SCHWAN»
page 16 9. «BACKHAUS»
page 17 10. RATHENAUPLATZ
page 18 11. KATHARINENKIRCHE
page 18 12. ZEIL
page 20 13. STIFTSTRASSE/CORNER OF STEPHANSTRASSE
page 20 14. ZEIL-FORMER MAIN POST OFFICE
page 21 15. ALTE MAINZER GASSE/MAINKAI
page 24 PROSPECTS
page 25 FOUNDATION MAKES HISTORY
© 2005 Editor: Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung, Foundation Director Clemens Greve
Background image: To Frankfurt, you could either travel overland or by water. In 1763, one of these market ships brought the Mozart family from Mainz to
Frankfurt. In the font, you see the Gutleuthof, in the back the St. Bartholomäus Cathedral.
Title page: Mozart, surounded by roses, his arm resting nonchlantly on the pillar of his glory, cursory scribbled notes falling off his hands – that is how one
imagined the componist in the 19th century.

Welcome
Mozart Year 2006: For many European cities, the 250th anniversary of the birthday of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in January 2006 is an opportunity to follow the tracks of the
famous composer around their own streets and buildings, but also to see those tracks
reflected in the documents of contemporaries and subsequent generations. It was for this
reason that the European Mozart Ways initiative was founded and designated a «Major
Cultural Route» by the European Council. On the agenda are cultural trips, innovative
projects for children and young people and cultural and scientific events all about
Mozart. Frankfurt am Main is one of the stops on the European Mozart Ways. Mozart
visited our city twice and gave acclaimed concerts here.The Frankfurt citizens, with their
great appreciation of art, loved Mozart’s music from the beginning. Many of his operas
were performed in Frankfurt soon after their debut performance. Here in 1838, the
Mozart Foundation for the advancement of young composers was founded.And so it is
a worthwhile venture to once more go down those paths taken by Mozart in our city.
This city guide, published by the Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung, which represents the
European Mozart Ways in our city, gives us an opportunity to do so. Even if the houses
where Mozart lived and made music are no longer existing, this city guide invites you
to discover Frankfurt with fresh eyes – with the eyes of Mozart, whose music still plays
an important role in Frankfurt today.
Petra Roth
LORD MAYOR

Foreword
T
he year of Mozart 2006, the 250th anniversary of the birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, and it will see numerous events in Frankfurt.The Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung (community
foundation) will organise concerts, recitals, lectures, children’s events and an exhibition at the
Holzhausenschlösschen (Holzhausen House), and other venues in Frankfurt.
Mozart visited Frankfurt twice, at the beginning and at the end of his life.This Mozart city guide aims
to illustrate all the important places that he visited during his stays in Frankfurt and show you how they
looked then and how they look now, using both the Merian city map and detailed descriptions. But this
city guide also remembers the month-long visit of Franz Xaver, Mozart’s son and also a composer.Thanks
to the musicologist Dr. Ulrike Kienzle, we were able to find out more about his stay in Frankfurt in the
year 1820. In an exhibition planned for 8th of January 2006 at the Holzhausenschlösschen we hope to
investigate his stay in detail.
We would also like to mention the work of the Mozart Foundation, founded in Frankfurt in 1838,
which was one of the first sponsorship institutions for young composers. Max Bruch and Engelbert
Humperdinck, composer of «Hansel and Gretel», were just some of those sponsored by this foundation.
From the biography of Humperdinck’s son Wolfram, we find out that the decision to devote himself
to the study of music was due to the advice of Ferdinand Hiller, a Frankfurt native known as the
«Rheinischer Musikpapst» (music pope of the Rhineland), who was then head of the conservatory of
Cologne and who took young Engelbert Humperdinck under his wing.
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Right: City map of Frankfurt by Matthäus Merian around 1761 (History Museum, Frankfurt am Main)

But what does all this have to do with the Mozart Foundation of 1838? Actually, quite a lot. It was Hiller
who helped Humperdinck obtain a grant from the Mozart Foundation that took all the worry out of
his studies. Before this, Humperdinck had been seriously ill and had to stop his studies. Hiller applied for
a grant from the Mozart Foundation that «brought happy hours» back into Humperdinck’s family home.
After all, this grant allowed him to study for four more years, first in Cologne and subsequently
in Munich.
Why am I writing about this in so much detail? Since 2003, the Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung has been a
member of the European Mozart Ways association.As director of the Bürgerstiftung, I am also a member
of the administrative board of the Frankfurt-based Mozart Foundation. It therefore stands to reason that
I promote the important Mozart city of Frankfurt, not only in relation to interesting past events but also
with a view to the future.What can we, the friends and sponsors of the Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung and
all friends of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, do? Well, we can make sure that the Mozart
Foundation receives our help by making a donation towards their work of enabling young musical talent
in need of assistance to complete their education in composition (see attached credit transfer form). In
1923, the assets of the Mozart Foundation shrank from 240,000 Goldmarks to 3000 Goldmarks. As a
result of numerous small donations up to the present day, the foundation has been able to build up a
modest capital that currently provides for regular moderate financial support of three scholarship holders.
Let us start in the European city of Frankfurt, let us all support the Mozart Foundation so that in 2006,
there will perhaps be another scholarship to offer or an interesting musical programme with performances
of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or the works of the Mozart Foundation scholarship holders.
I feel that it is our duty to breathe new life into the Mozart Foundation in this Mozart jubilee year, so
that it can continue its valuable work into the future.We, the Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung take the opportunity
that the Mozart year offers, to draw attention to this small but important foundation.
I would like to sincerely thank Dr. Ulrike Kienzle for her excellent cooperation in turning this charming
Mozart city guide into a reality.And for the Frankfurter Mozart Foundation, which in the course
of its history has encouraged so much young talent, I hope that it once more receives the attention it
deserves. I would like to thank the employees of the Historische Museum, namely Mr. Dr. Jan Gerchow,
Ms. Anja Damaschke and Mr. Oliver Morr for their kind cooperation within the scope of our joint
exhibition «Three Generations of Mozart at Frankfurt», which will take place from 8th of January 2006
until 24th of February 2006 in the Holzhausenschlößchen.
Yours, Clemens Greve
FOUNDATION DIRECTOR
Left: Geometric ground plan of the free city of Frankfurt and Sachsenhausen in the year 1822;
recorded, sketched and published by C.F. Ulrich, architect and mathematician, (History Museum, Frankfurt am Main)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart travelled a lot within Europe. He
never endured the constraints of his hometown Salzburg for long.
He also left Vienna quite often and as a result, quite a few cities
can claim to be real «Mozart cities»: Salzburg and Vienna,
Mannheim, Munich and Augsburg, London, Paris and Prague.
What about Frankfurt? Mozart visited Frankfurt twice, at the
beginning and at the end of his life.
Text: Ulrike Kienzle
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The first journey was that of the wunderkind.
Mozart’s father Leopold had set out from
Salzburg with his family in June 1763 in his own
coach to present to the world the absolutely
incredible ability of his two children Wolfgang
and Nannerl.The journey took them to Paris and
London and on their way there to Frankfurt. Not
until November 1766 did the family return to
Salzburg.
When one considers that the Mozart family travelled
continuously for over three years, one has
to ask oneself:What did the children learn? How
did they spend their days? How did a seven-year
old cope with being separated from friends and
toys and his home surroundings for so long? The
family lived in the coach and in hotel rooms.
There, the children were taught by their father.
Both learned effortlessly -languages, mathematics,
social graces – and of course, music.At Augsburg,
Leopold bought a «clavierl» a clavichord for travelling,
on which they children could practice on
their journey. One does not have the impression
that the children were unhappy. On the contrary
- «Wolfgang is quite extraordinarily funny, but also
bold» wrote Leopold from Frankfurt to a friend
in Salzburg. By «bold», he meant high-spirited,
naughty, wild – just like all children of their age.
In his concert announcements, Leopold was not
short on grandiose promises: He wanted to: «proclaim
a wonder, which God has allowed to be
born in Salzburg». His children were always able
to fulfil these expectations effortlessly, if not even
exceed them. The cute seven-year old especially,
with his chubby young face in the old-fashioned
gala uniform with wig and sword, was always
enthusiastically applauded, cheered, showered
with presents and kissed.
Mozart’s second journey to Frankfurt in the
autumn of 1790 occurred under less fortunate
circumstances.A year prior to his death, the composer,
threatened by financial debt and decline in

In 1790, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart came to Frankfurt in his own coach – most probably
from the Sachsenhausen side, as can be seen in the illustration.
society, travelled to Frankfurt for the imperial
coronation of Leopold II. His hope to be invited
to be part of the court orchestra was not fulfilled.
The emperor preferred the works of Salieri and
so Mozart had to travel at his own expense
and pawn his silver to pay for the journey.
Nevertheless, he travelled in his own coach and in
the company of his brother-in-law Franz Hofer,
in a manner in keeping with his social status.The
increasingly desperate petitions to the lodge brother
Michael Puchberg come from the same year,
1790. In a debenture bond, dated 1st of October
1790 (Mozart was already in Frankfurt at this
time), he pawned all his furnishings in exchange
for a loan of 1000 florins. He was obviously
hoping to bring a respectable amount of money
back from Frankfurt to make repayments at
home. Mozart, like his father 27 years before, was
banking on the wealth of the city. But his own
concert was completely drowned in the chaotic
hype of the coronation and in the abundance of
musical, military and social events. Although he
was received with admiration and recognition by
the small audience, financially, it seemed the venture
had not been worthwhile.
And finally, Mozart’s youngest son Franz Xaver
spent some time in Frankfurt – he stayed for a
month. He, like his father, was a composer and
travelling virtuoso and lived his life in his father’s
shadow. From early on, his mother, Konstanze,
raised him to be a wunderkind.As a five-year old,
he sang Papageno’s bird-catcher song from the
«Magic Flute» before invited guests and he soon
played the piano sonatas of his father in public.
He called himself «Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Junior» and wrote elegant compositions in the
style of early Romanticism. He was by no means
ungifted but was not a genius. After a post as a
music teacher with a wealthy family, he settled in
Lemberg and from there in May 1819, he set out
on a great concert tour through Europe. We
know a lot about this journey, because Franz
Xaver wrote a letter diary for his sweetheart who
he had left behind at home. On 5th of December
1820 in the «Rothe Haus» on the Zeil, he witnessed
a memorable performance of Mozart’s
Requiem organised by the newly founded
«Cäcilien-Verein» and conducted by Johann
Nepomuk Schelble. Franz Xaver made many
contacts within the Frankfurt music scene, gave a
very well received concert and at home in
Lemberg – inspired by Frankfurt’s model - founded
his own Cäcilien-Verein.
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Three generations of Mozart at Frankfurt:
Above: Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 – 1791)
Below left: Father Leopold (1719 – 1787)
Below right: Mozart’s son Franz Xaver Wolfgang (1791 – 1844), contemporary illustration
They experienced Frankfurt as an «old-fashioned» city full of mediaeval half-timbered houses.
Meanwhile, the cityscape has changed completely: the little illustration in the middle shows the
skyline of Frankfurt today seen from the Alte Brücke (Old bridge).

Another important chapter (but one which we
cannot address in more detail here) is the history
of the performance of Mozart’s music in
Frankfurt. His operas were performed here from
early on, usually only a few months after their
debut performance and they became a central
part of the repertoire. In 1838, Frankfurt citizens,
with their great appreciation of art, founded the
Mozart Foundation – one of the first institutions
to sponsor young composers. So is Frankfurt
a «proper» Mozart city? Yes and no. Of course
Frankfurt cannot compete with Augsburg or
Mannheim, let alone with Salzburg or Vienna.
But yet, Frankfurt was an important city in the
history of the Mozart family. Leopold wrote some
of his first letters here and by his own admittance,
experienced so much, that he could have written
about it for days. The two stays of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart in Frankfurt coincide with turning
points in his biography - the celebrated
wunderkind and the man marked by troubles,
forced to curry the favour of the rich – these
are stark contrasts. His son, for his part, brought
back from Frankfurt a lot of inspiration. Thus,
Frankfurt’s place among the Mozart cities is not a
central one, but it is nevertheless a worthy one.
The two stays of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Frankfurt coincide with
turning points in his biography - the celebrated wunderkind and the man
marked by troubles, forced to curry the favour of the rich – these are stark
contrasts.
With this small city guide, using old and new
Illustrations, documents and texts, we would like
to guide you to the most important Mozart sites,
or rather to what these places have now become,
because the catastrophe of the Second World
War made sure that not one of the houses in
which the three Mozart stayed, has survived. Old
Frankfurt has vanished, but its memory can be
brought back to life.Therefore we have deliberately
contrasted the Illustrations of the original
buildings with photos of modern Frankfurt. And
we have added the historical city map by
Matthäus Merian dated 1761, as well as a section
from a map dated 1822 to our special edition.
If we inspire you to take a walk through the
Mozart’s Frankfurt we describe, then perhaps you
will be able to recreate the vanished houses in
your imagination.
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WHERE THE MOZART LIVED AND WORKED
A WALK THROUGH FRANKFURT
1. THE MAINBRÜCKE (MAIN BRIDGE)
1. THE MAIN BRÜCKE (MAIN
BRIDGE, NOW «ALTE BRÜCKE»
– OLD BRIDGE)
The «Mainbrücke» was an important traffic route
in the 18th and 19th century. For centuries, it was
the only direct connection between Sachsenhausen
and the trade fair centre.A few steps away
from here in 1790, Mozart stayed at the «Gasthof
zu den drei Rindern» (Three Bulls Inn) at 26
Brückenstrasse – «zu Tod froh, daß wir ein Zimmer
erwischt haben» (so happy that we managed to
snatch a room). Schiller also stayed here once.
Today the inn is no longer here. Brückenstrasse
has buildings on only one side and in the place
where Mozart spent the night, the traffic roars
through Walter-Kolb-Strasse.
The day after his arrival in 1790, Mozart crossed
the Mainbrücke to look for a more suitable residence
in the city centre. In 1763, the Mozart
family had travelled across this bridge in the
opposite direction. On their trips to the
«Deutschordenshaus» (House of the Teutonic
Order) and the «Forsthaus» (Forester’s Lodge),
they crossed the Main and passed through the
impressive city gates on both sides of the bridge,
which are illustrated on the old Merian map.
The Mainbrücke was replaced by a new structure
in 1926. If you stand at about the middle of the
bridge, your gaze will fall first on the futuristic
skyline of modern Frankfurt. What must it have
looked like here in Mozart’s time?
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Frankfurt was a small, winding, medieval city
with lots of half-timbered houses, pointed gables
and 55 fortified towers.There were, however, very
few impressive church spires, something, which
many visitors in the 18th century disapproved of.
The densely populated city centre formed the
heart of the city. Sachsenhausen was enclosed
within the circular city wall built in 1390 and is
clearly visible on the old Merian map. In 1793,
the city began to spread beyond the walls. The
fortifications were opened and converted into
walkways and gardens.This is how the city looked
like when Mozart’s son Franz Xaver got to know
it. Many houses in the old city had slate roofs,
which shone beautifully in the evening sunshine.
Above: The old bridge over the Main between Frankfurt and Sachsenhausen in
a view from 1747. On the right and left are the impressive towers, as they
can also be seen on the old Merian map of 1761. The medieval structure with
its many arches was only eight metres wide, which must have resulted in a
bit of a crush here during trade fair times. The old bridge was replaced by a
new structure in 1926.
Left: The «Gasthof zu den drei Rindern» (Three Bulls Inn) in 26 Brückenstrasse,
historical photograph. Even centuries later, the boast that Schiller and
Mozart stayed here for one night was still meant to draw in the guests.
Below : The Old Bridge today, in the background the spire of the imperial
Cathedral of St. Bartholomäus, which was covered in scaffolding at the time
of the photo.

Franckfurt is an old-fashioned city and the Römer
is nothing like I imagined: Neither the square nor
the Römer itself is speaking to me.There are some
beautiful buildings but they are few. On the other
hand, there are fine merchants’ arches and as many
as 1000 Jews.
Leopold Mozart to Lorenz Hagenauer, 13th August 1763.
Left: One of the two cranes on the banks of the Main, which
impressed Leopold Mozart, on a painting by Friedrich Wilhelm Hirt
(1757). The first crane was documented as early as 1331. The
tread wheel on the inside was kept going by labourers. Ships
could be loaded and unloaded using the crane. A fee was payable
for this, it was known as «Krangeld» (crane money).
Above: The Römerberg in the 18th century. In earlier times, this
was where the large city fairs took place. Wooden stalls and exhibition
stands were packed with everything the world had to offer.
At the time of the imperial coronations, Frankfurt citizens and
thousands of visitors gathered here to watch the procession of
the emperor and his entourage go from the Römer to the
Cathedral and back and at the ceremony of the «Erzämter» to
snatch a piece of roast ox or a few coins.

2. THE MAINKAI/FAHRTOR
On the 10th of August 1763, the Mozart travelled
on the market ship from Mainz to Frankfurt.
They had left some of their luggage behind in
Mainz. Frankfurt was only meant to be a short
trip.They ended up staying three weeks. On the
banks of the Main, the enormous cranes with
which the goods were hoisted onto land immediately
struck them. These «drones» were worth
an entry into Leopold’s travel diary.Two such cranes
can be seen on the Merian city map of 1761.
The painter, Friedrich Wilhelm Hirt recorded
one of them in his view of the Mainkai in 1757.
On the inside of the cranes, there was a large
tread wheel that was kept going by labourers.
2. THE MAINKAI/ FAHRTOR
3. RÖMERBERG (TOWN HALL SQUARE)
3. RÖMERBERG
(CITY HALL SQUARE)
What was Leopold Mozart’s impression of the
city? Shortly after he arrived, he wrote to his
friends in Salzburg:
«Franckfurt is an old-fashioned city and the Römer is
nothing like I imagined: Neither the square nor the
Römer itself is speaking to me.There are some beautiful
buildings but they are few. On the other hand, there
are fine merchants’ arches and as many as 1000 Jews».
A harsh judgement perhaps, but also one which
was typical for that time. Because in the 18th century,
the irregular, fragmented architectural style
of the Middle Ages was looked down on. The
Römer, the middle and tallest of the three connected
stepped-gable buildings was presumably
named after the Roman traders who were
accommodated here during the trade fair times or
perhaps (as is occasionally reported) after one of
its previous owners, who was meant to have made
a pilgrimage to Rome. The building complex
came into the possession of the city in 1405 and
became the city hall. The parliament sat here
during imperial coronations. The reconstructed,
angular houses opposite, to the east side of the
Römer, give a rough idea of how the Römerberg
once looked. The houses had descriptive names:
«Zum Engel» (The Angel), «Goldener Greif» (The
Golden Griffin), «Wilder Mann» (The Wild
Man). But Leopold Mozart had no eyes for the
picturesque idyllic scene with its many weather
vanes, house signs, colourfully painted or engraved
doorways and gargoyle water spouts. He preferred
the new architectural style – large, spacious
houses such as those the rich traders built for
themselves. Thus, many an old half-timbered
house was sacrificed for new style of building.
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Above left: Bendergasse in a drawing by Th. Wolter. The Mozart family
lived in the third house on the left.
Above right: This is how Bendergasse looks today.
Below: Leopold Mozart’s scratched inscription on a window casement
of the house at 3 Bendergasse: «Mozart Maître de la Musique de la
Chapelle de Salzbourg avec Sa Famile le 12 Août 1763».
4. BENDERGASSE 3 / SCHIRN
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4. BENDERGASSE 3/SCHIRN
Where today, the monumental structure of the
new Schirn Exhibition Centre soars to the sky,
there stood until 1944, right behind the «Alte
Nikolaikirche» (Old Church of St. Nicholas) a
small, angular house typical for the city – number
3 Bendergasse. In 1763, it was the first residence
of the Mozart family.The attic rooms were often
rented to visitors. It was probably a «Mr.Wahler»
from Frankfurt, who gave this accommodation to
the Mozart.They had met him in Munich.
The house at 3 Bendergasse hid a very special treasure;
an inscription by Leopold Mozart, which
he must have scratched into the side of the window
with his diamond ring.
Leopold’s inscription is not the only one (other
visitors also immortalised themselves here), but it
must surely be the most precious. In 1879, the
window was removed and presented to the
History Museum, which was a stroke of good
luck, because in the bombings of the Second
World War, the house was reduced to rubble and
ash, as was the entire city centre. It was not until
1942 that a plaque was erected here to commemorate
Mozart’s stay in Frankfurt. The «Frankfurter
Zeitung» of the 22nd August 1942 read as
follows:
«One almost does not want to believe that Mozart
once lived here. The houses of Bendergasse are
not those of Roseneck or the Römerberg. They
are good middleclass Sunday best. In comparison
to the colourful energy and quiet dreaminess of
the others, it does not seem real that there was
room enough here for the force of a great genius.
Nevertheless, a melody resounds in them, not only
the song of flowing life that pervades from the
centuries of past coronation and trade fair visitors
but also the sound of the view to the «Tuchgaden»
and the «Schöppenbrunnen» (Schoeppen Fountain)
and to the great expanse of the Cathedral towering
upwards in the surrounding greenery».
This melody has faded forever but the music of
Mozart, in contrast, has survived all catastrophes.

5. KAISERDOM ST. BARTHOLOMÄUS
(THE IMPERIAL CATHEDRAL OF
ST. BARTHOLOMÄUS)
After only a few days, the Mozart moved. On the
way to their second residence, the view directly
behind the Schirn opens onto the «Kaiserdom»
(the imperial cathedral). In this place of worship,
the German kings and emperors were elected and
crowned. The coronation of Leopold II, which
was to lead Mozart back to Frankfurt in 1790,
also took place here.
An imperial coronation - for Frankfurt, this
always meant an immense array of cultural and
social events.The festivities would last for weeks,
associated with an unimaginable display of grandeur.
Church and political dignitaries drove
through the streets in golden coaches. From morning
until late at night, there were balls, fireworks,
marches, receptions and festive concerts.
Leopold II was crowned on the 9th of October
1790. While «all the bells rang out, the trumpets blared
and the kettledrums boomed and with perpetual shouting
and cheering», the ruling classes proceeded into
the cathedral.After the celebratory, extremely elaborate
ritual, the emperor and his entourage
made their way over a wooden bridge covered
with a cloth to the banquet in the Römer. The
public then hung about in the winding streets and
lanes of the old city in their thousands.According
to old tradition, on the square in front of the
Römer, an ox roasted on the spit was «left to the
mercy» of the people. Red and white wine also
flowed in streams from the fountain, a mountain
of oats was piled up for the people, coins were
thrown. In Frankfurt, this was called the
«Verrichtung der Erzämter». In the fights for the
best pieces, it came to a few clouts and stabbings.
Occasionally there were even meant to have been
some deaths.
5. «KAISERDOM» ST. BARTHOLOMÄUS
(THE IMPERIAL CATHEDRAL OF ST. BARTHOLOMÄUS)
Below: The newly crowned Emperor Leopold II under the portal of the Kaiserdom receives the homage of the city of Frankfurt, personified as a
voluptuous female figure, who presents the emperor with the hearts of the ardent Frankfurt citizens on a salver. The angel at the top edge of the
Illustration sounds «Vivat Leopoldus Secundus» on his trumpet, and in the background of the city panorama, the radiant sun rises. (Allegorical
engraving by J.C. Berndt, 1790).
Right: The Kaiserdom on an oil painting from around 1765.

6. THE GASTHOF ZUM GOLDENEN
LÖWEN (GOLDEN LION INN),
FAHRGASSE 27
The «Gasthof zum Goldenen Löwen», one of the
most fashionable addresses in Frankfurt, stood at
41 Fahrgasse (today number 27). The house was
rebuilt many times during the course of its history.Today,
only a stone lion relief with an inscription
and the lion fountain (erected in 1781) recall
the once famous inn.
It was normal for concert tickets to be sold in the
place where the artist lived and so it seemed like
a good idea to Leopold to make their accommodation
here, in keeping with their social status. In
the Gasthof zum Goldenen Löwen, the family
made all kinds of interesting acquaintances.
Leopold reports of a «woman dressed in Amazon
clothes», who together with a «chamber maid»,
coachman and servant came into the inn in a
drunken state and of his fellow lodgers, among
them the ambassador of Churtrier, a hussar captain
from Brunswick and three English men, one of
whom was in the habit of swimming in the Main
before dinner and then appearing in the dining
hall «like a babtized mouse».
With the exception of Augsburg, where Leopold
Mozart was born, Frankfurt was the only city on
the great tour, which was not ruled by a prince.
Frankfurt was a «free city» and an international
trade centre.The visitors, the traders and last but
not least the Jews, who lived in their own quarter,
brought life to the city. During the fairs, the city
was taken over by a colourful hustle and bustle.
However in 1763, when the Mozart family were
guests of the city, its economic circumstances
were not the best. At the end of the Seven Year
War, the French troops that had been stationed in
Frankfurt were withdrawn, leaving behind an
aching hole in the business life of the city. In
August 1763, the massive bankruptcy of the
Neufville brothers in Amsterdam shook the
financial metropolis and led to a serious monetary
crisis. Thirty businesses went bankrupt in
Frankfurt alone and 95 more in Hamburg. «Now
no-one trusts anyone until they know how serious the
situation is for one or the other», wrote Leopold
Mozart home.
6. THE «GASTHAUS ZUM GOLDENEN LÖWEN»
INN, FAHRGASSE 27
Right: View of the Gasthof zum Goldenen Löwen in 41 Fahrgasse (today, no. 27) on a contemporary copper engraving.
The philosopher Voltaire was also once put up in this elegant house in the summer of 1753. He was on the run from
Potsdam, where he had fallen out of favour with Frederick the Great. He was seized only the day after he arrived
and put under house arrest but later released. The Mozart family were obviously spared from such unpleasantness.
Above: The stone lion in the doorway of 27 Fahrgasse still today recalls the great history of the house.

Our concert was on the 18th. It was good. It will be
on again on the 22nd and on the 25th or the 26th
…Everything turned out wonderfully! We praise God
that by His grace we are healthy and adored everywhere.
Leopold Mozart to Lorenz Hagenauer, 20th August 1763.
Left: Leopold Mozart’s concert announcement
in the «Frankfurter Frag- und
Anzeigungs-Nachrichten» of the 16th of
August 1763. A second announcement from
the 30th of August speaks of the «general
admiration that has never before been
awakened in the souls of all listeners to
such a degree as by the skill of the two
children of Mr. Leopold Mozart, director
of music at the Salzburg court orchestra,
the like of which has never before been
seen nor heard».
7. SCHÄRFENGÄSSCHEN/
CORNER OF HOLZGRABEN
7. SCHÄRFENGÄSSCHEN/CORNER
OF HOLZGRABEN
But this evidently did not do any harm to the
success of the Mozart concert venture.The people
of Frankfurt loved the music, as the chronicler
Johann Bernhard Müller affirms in 1750:
«Here too, the love of music is very great. Since the
renowned Mr.Telemann was here,this noble entertainment
has received a very warm reception.There are few respectable
families, where the children are not instructed on one
instrument or another or in singing. Concerts are therefore
very common both in distinguished houses and publicly
and most of the time visiting and famous virtuosos can be
heard, when they are passing through and staying here».
The Mozart family also wanted to contribute to
this «noble entertainment», so they announced
their concert for the 18th of August in the
«Frankfurter Frag- und Anzeigungs-Nachrichten»
(an advertisement and notices newspaper).
The concert took place in the «Scharffischen
Saal» (Scharff’s Hall) behind the Liebfrauenberg.
Today, a plain house with green metal doors and
opposite the Capuchin monastery with its idyllic
inner courtyard stands here. The Scharffische
Saal was at the rear façade of Mrs. Scharff’s wine
business in the «Haus zum Spangenberg»
(Spangenberg House). Its owner had furnished it
with «all appropriate and necessary comforts for weddings,
balls and concerts as well as other permitted jollities
and provided it with a wooden floor and two big
chandeliers and eighteen silver-plated wall lamps together
with the necessary clean chairs».
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Originally only one concert was planned but this
became four and people were queuing for the
concert tickets.
Among the audience at the four concerts was the
imperial councillor Johann Caspar Goethe with
his fourteen-year-old son.
«I saw Mozart when he was a 7-year-old lad, as he
was giving a concert while passing through. I myself was
about 14 years old I can still remember quite clearly the
little man with his hairdo and sword…» (Johann
Wolfgang Goethe to Johann Peter Eckermann,
3rd February 1830).
Between the concerts, the family had time for
walks and sightseeing tours.
Leopold Mozart’s travel diary lists the places of
interest: Schnurgasse (this can still be seen on the
Merian map but was built over later), the Zeil
(where even then there were important businesses
and shops), the «Rossmarkt» (horse market)
and the market, the Römerberg of course and the
Liebfrauenberg, the Capuchin and Dominican
church, the Mainbrücke, the suburb of
Sachsenhausen with the Deutschordenshaus and
lastly the Forsthaus outside the city, a popular
destination.
In the 18th century, the entourage of the emperor
and the barons gathered here for a celebratory
procession on the occasion of the coronation.
Nannerl wears an English hat for walking, as is the fashion for women in these
parts. So when we walked through the streets in Salzburg, everybody gathered
around, as though a rhinoceros was coming.
Leopold Mozart to Lorenz Hagenauer, Frankfurt, 20th August, 1763.
Leopold Mozart made important contacts in the
rich city houses.Almost all distinguished dignitaries
of the city had attended the concerts or had
invited the Mozart to their homes, among them
the imperial ambassador, Johann Anton von
Pergen, the Lord Mayor Johann Isaac Mohrs,
church dignitaries like Damian Friedrich
Dumeiz, composers like David Otto, Johann
Christoph Fischer and Maestro Francesco
Maggiore, bankers and traders such as the
Bethmann brothers, members of the Sarasin family
and Abraham Chiron (to name but a few).
On the 31st of August 1763, the family travelled
back to Mainz on the market ship. From there,
the tour continued over many cities – among
them London and Paris.
The unknown wife of a Frankfurt trader gave
Leopold a letter of recommendation to take with
him to the diplomatic representative Friedrich
Melchior Grimm. This was meant to be able to
open all doors for him later in Paris.
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I saw Mozart when he was a
7-year-old lad, as he was giving
a concert while passing through.
I myself was about 14 years old
I can still remember quite clearly
the little man with his hairdo
and sword…
Johann Wolfgang Goethe to Johann Peter Eckermann, 3rd February, 1830
Above right: The seven-year-old Mozart on the piano. This is how he may
have looked when Johann Wolfgang Goethe saw him.
Centre left: How Schärfengässchen/corner of Holzgraben look today
Lower left: Leopold Mozart’s travel diary with the tabular notes on his stay
in Frankfurt. It lists the most important places of interest and the most
distinguished people.
Lower right: The Mozart family playing music. Mozart’s father, Leopold, plays
the violin, his sister Nannerl sings and Wolfgang plays piano. Engraving by
J. B. Delafosse based on a Illustration by L.C. de Carmontelle (1763/64).

8. THE GASTHOF ZUM WEISSEN
SCHWAN (WHITE SWAN INN),
STEINWEG 12
When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart came back to
Frankfurt in September 1790, he spent the
second night of his stay in the «Gasthof zum
Weißen Schwan», in the Steinweg. Nothing
remains of this building either; we are standing in
front of a modern office block.Today a wall-plaque
commemorates only Bismarck’s peace settlement
of 1871, which was signed in the «Zum
Weißen Schwan».
9. BACKHAUS, KALBÄCHER GASSE 10
The very next day Mozart moved on:
«Where do you think I’m staying – with Böhm in his
very own house; Hofer too, we pay 30 florins a month,
and that is still extraordinarily little. – we also have our
meals here.»
The theatre director Heinrich Böhm lived in the
Kalbächer Gasse, known as «Fressgass’» (Chow
Alley) in the old «Backhaus» (bakery). Bakeries,
cake-shops and delicatessens have established
themselves here again and again, right up to
today. The accommodation was indeed rather
cheap (and evidently not very comfortable). As a
comparison: Mrs. Rat Goethe wrote in a letter to
Weimar, that at the imperial coronation, eleven
florins per night were to be expected, plus two
florins for meals.
Mozart had already known the theatre director
Böhm for a long time. His troupe, alternating
with two other companies provided the theatrical
entertainment during the coronation period.
If we believe the letters to Konstanze, Mozart
mainly worked, for the first days of his Frankfurt
stay: he composed an adagio for an organ piece,
in order to give his «dear little woman some gold in
her hands» - possibly this was a commissioned
piece for the waxworks of Count Deym in
Vienna (KV 594).
8. THE «WHITE SWAN» INN, STEINWEG 12
9. «BACKHAUS», KALBÄCHER GASSE 10
Above: 10 Kalbächer Gasse today. In the
old Backhaus (bakery), Mozart lived
with Böhm, the theatre director. Today
it is a sought-after location for gourmet
enthusiasts.
Right: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as he
composes, coat flung over the back of
the chair, as if he were hit by musical
inspiration on his way home- this is how
the genius’s life appears to later generations.
…To date, I have been living here quite undisturbed – don’t go out
the whole morning, instead I stay in my hole of a room and write; -
my whole amusement is the theatre, where I then meet enough
acquaintances, from Vienna, Munich, Mannheim and even Salzburg…
Mozart to Konstanze, Frankfurt 3rd October 1790

Left: the Komödienplatz with the theatre
(built 1782) in a view from 1793.
Mozart and later his son Franz Xaver
saw some performances here. Many of
Mozart’s operas were performed in the
Komödienhaus. In 1792 it became the
«Frankfurt National Theatre» and was
given its own ensemble. After the opening
of the Opera - today the «Alte
Oper» (Old Opera) - it was used as a
playhouse.
Below left: View from Kalbächer Gasse
of Rathenauplatz today. On this spot
stood the Komödienhaus.
Below right: View of the auditorium and
the stage of the Komödienhaus (around
1800).
10. RATHENAUPLATZ
10. RATHENAUPLATZ
The magnificent «Komödienhaus» (Comedy
Theatre) stood at today’s – less imposing –
Rathenauplatz and was seen as one of the most
beautiful theatre constructions in Germany.
«The new Komödienhaus does indeed do honour to the
people of Frankfurt. It is enduring and built with taste.
There are three rows of boxes in the half-circle, all boxes
are (wall-) papered, equipped with reflective lights and
there is also a spacious gallery for the people.»
With these words of appreciation, the «Berliner
Literatur- und Theaterzeitung» (Berlin Literature
and Theatre Newspaper) reflected on the new
theatre on 19th October 1782.
At the time of the imperial coronation in 1790
there were musical comedies and Italian operas:
«Der Apotheker und der Doktor» as well as
«Betrug durch Aberglauben» by Dittersdorf,
Salieri’s «Axur, Re de Ormus» and «Der Talisman
oder die Zigeuner», Benda’s «Romeo and Juliet»,
Wranitzky’s «Oberon» and more. But nothing by
Mozart.This is strange in so far as Mozart’s operas
were performed in Frankfurt early on and with
great success. The Kurmainz Acting Company
wanted to perform his «Don Giovanni» on 5th of
October, but this plan fell through for unknown
reasons.Whether Leopold II himself prevented a
planned Mozart performance remains to be seen.
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11. KATHARINENKIRCHE (CHURCH
OF ST. CATHERINE)
On his walks through Frankfurt, Mozart also
went to the «Katharinenkirche» (Church of St.
Catherine), where to the disgruntlement of the
old organist, he abandoned himself to his musical
fantasies (see quotation below).
12. ZEIL
The tranquil seclusion of the first few days was
soon over. Mozart was passed around everywhere
and began to be invited to dinner at some houses.
«P.S.Yesterday I dined with the richest trader in the
whole of Frankfurt, at Mr. Schweitzer’s», he tells
Konstanze on the 3rd of October.
Franz Maria Schweitzer, banker and silk-trader,
built a magnificent palace on the Zeil from 1787-
1792, which thereafter as the «Russischer Hof»
(Russian Court) became one of the foremost
addresses in the city. Mozart was also the guest of
the distinguished city physician Johann Wilhelm
Friedrich Dietz. The art enthusiast, Dietz, lived
in a spacious house on the Zeil opposite the
«Gasthof zum Römischen Kaiser» (Roman
Emperor Inn) - on the corner of Schäfergasse -
and was known for his joie de vivre and downright
extravagant lifestyle (which ultimately lost
him everything he owned). Here, Mozart also
met Johann August Tabor, the tenant of the
Komödienhaus and the chamberlain Ignaz von
Beecké, a brilliant pianist.When he was not invited
to somebody’s house, Mozart spent the evenings
with his new Frankfurt friends in the «Kran»
wine cellar in Bleidenstrasse. Of all these houses,
we now only have historical illustrations.
11. KATHARINENKIRCHE
12. ZEIL
One Sunday after the service had ended, Mozart comes to the
organ choir of the Katharinenkirche and asked the old organist
to be allowed play something on the organ. He sits down on the
bench and followed the audacious flight of his imagination, when
suddenly the old organist in the most discourteous of ways, pushes
him off the organ bench and says to the student:Take note of
that last modulation that Mr. Mozart played. He wants to be
a famous man and makes such crude violations against this
pure movement?
Quotation: Report of an old Frankfurt organist who had witnesses the scene as a young man

… - And it is all a lot of boasting,
what they say about the free cities. –
Indeed I am famous, admired and
popular here; but there are a lot more
penny pinchers here among the people
than in Vienna.
Mozart to Konstanze, Frankfurt, 8th of October 1790
Above left: Advertisement for Mozart’s concert matinee on 15th October 1790. What exactly was played cannot be worked out with certainty.
The financial success that Mozart hoped for, however, did not materialise.
Right: The city physician, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Dietz (1735 – 1805), in whose house Mozart was often a guest. He lived in a spacious house
on the Zeil opposite the Gasthof zum Römischen Kaiser. He had some Mozart autographs, which are all lost.
Below left: Hauptwache and Katharinenkirche.
When Mozart’s concert could finally take place in
the Komödienhaus on the 15th of October 1790,
the high point of the coronation celebrations had
already passed. Many of the guests had already left.
«… My academy was today at 11 and although it turned
out to be marvellous as regards admiration, it was
lean in terms of money. Unluckily, there was a big dinner
for a prince and a big manoeuvre of the Hesse
troops… but despite all this, I was so popular and liked
so much that they swore to give me another academy
next Sunday – then on Monday, I’ll leave». Mozart
to Konstanze, Frankfurt, 15th of October 1790).
The exact programme can no longer be positively
made out. One of the three symphonies composed
in 1788 – symphony in Es major KV 543,
symphony in G minor KV 550 or symphony in
C Major KV 551 may well have been played or
also the piano concerto in F major KV 459 or
that in D major KV 537 as well as the arias of
other composers. Mozart’s free improvisation was
a particular highlight. The concert was cut short
before the last symphony announced – the concert
had lasted three hours and stomachs in the
audience were rumbling.
The three Frankfurt newspapers - «Journal»,
«Oberpostamtszeitung» and «Staats-Ristretto» –
reported in detail every day about the social
events surrounding the imperial coronation.They
took no notice of Mozart’s «academy». The
second concert did not take place. Mozart left on
the 16th of October.
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Left: Behind the Schlimme Mauer: Here was the Peterssche Haus,
where Johann Nepomuk Schelble had lived.
Right: Today the city looks like this: New built Telekom house
Stiftstraße 25.
13. STIFTSTRASSE
14. ZEIL
13. STIFTSTRASSE/CORNER OF
STEPHANSTRASSE
Thirty years later, in early December 1820,
Mozart’s youngest son, Franz Xaver Wolfgang
arrived in Frankfurt in the course of his threeyear
concert tour. He too wanted to make his fortune
in the free city. Johann Nepomuk Schelble,
the famous singer and founder of the Frankfurt
Cäcilien-Verein, considered it an exceptional
honour to put up Mozart’s youngest son in his
house. Schelble lived in the Peter’s house «Hinter
der Schlimmen Mauer» (behind the Schlimm
wall). Choir rehearsals and small concerts took
place here. It now looks quite different here.The
Schlimm wall no longer exists. Nearby, the
German Telekom resides in a new building which
constitutes a clear-cut emblem of the modern
Frankfurt with its cool glass architecture.
14. ZEIL – FORMER MAIN
POST OFFICE
On the 5th of December - the anniversary of
Mozart’s death – the Cäcilien-Verein performed
the Requiem in the Rothe Haus on the Zeil in
the presence of Franz Xaver Mozart – curiously
without an orchestra, because the musicians had
to play «The Marriage of Figaro» on the same
evening.
The new Rothe Haus building (Zeil lit. D 21-23,
later no. 52) was opened in 1769. Later, the main
post office was located here. The whole area is
currently being redeveloped. Johann Wolfgang
Goethe and the heir to the throne, Karl August
von Weimar met in the Rothe Haus. It was used
for concerts and for a time even as a kind of casino.
On the 15th of December 1820, the young
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Mozart himself gave a concert in this house, again
with the participation of the Cäcilien-Verein.
In contrast to the «academy» of his father thirty
years earlier, this concert was met with lively
acclaim.
«Frankfurt am Main.The concert of Mr. Mozart was
one of the most dazzling and most attended in recent
times. The pieces presented by the concert-giver of his
composition confirmed his talent and thorough knowledge
of composition. It must be said that the first allegro
of a piano concerto was indeed particularly excellent,
and the variations on a Russian theme attested to his
taste and imagination. – The performance of the great
Mozart symphony in C with the fugue went perfectly
and fired the enthusiasm of the audience. Mr. Schelble
sang two arias from Titus with his renowned excellence…
The concert was finished with a cantata by Mozart not
previously heard here, which was excellently performed
by the members of the Cäcilien-Verein». This is how
the «Leipziger Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung»
(Leipzig general music newspaper) reported on
the concert.
Left: The Zeil with the Rothe Haus. Here Franz Xaver saw a memorable
performance of Mozart’s Requiem by the Cäcilien-Verein. The room was
draped in black and solemnly lit, the audience turned up in mourning
clothes, poems were recited. Ten days later, Franz Xaver himself gave
a concert in the Rothe Haus and was enthusiastically celebrated.
Below: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
This evening we had the so solemn but moving remembrance
celebration for my father. In a room draped in
black, the Cäcilien-Verein choir sang my father’s
Requiem with extraordinary precision and wonderful
presentation. Nothing more could have been wished for,
except an orchestra accompaniment, which with the
excellence of the local orchestra would have had a
marvellous added effect.Although only supported
by piano, many tears did flow.
From the travel diary of Franz Xaver Mozart, 5th December 1820.

This morning I left Frankfurt, where
I have spent many wonderful hours,
but which I owe all to Schelble and
some other members of the association.
The rest of the people, all leathery
traders’ souls did not pay attention
at all to me.
From the travel diary of Franz Xaver Mozart, 3rd January 1821.
Above: Johann Nepomuk Schelble (1789 – 1837), famous singer and leader of the Cäcilien-Verein. Franz Xaver Mozart
stayed at his house during this stay in Frankfurt.
Left: Marianne Willemer (1784 – 1860), one of the founders of the Cäcilien-Verein. She was friends with Johann
Wolfgang Goethe, had an important part in his «Westöstlicher Divan» and reported in her letters a lot about the
work of the Cäcilien-Verein. Franz Xaver Mozart was often a guest at the house of Marianne and her husband.
Below left: In this Haus zum Rothen Männchen between Mainzer Gasse and Mainkai, Johann Jakob and Marianne
Willemer had their city residence. Later, swimming baths were located here.
Below right: The publisher Johann André (1775 – 1842). He acquired Mozart’s estate and published many works,
which until then had never been published. Franz Xaver visited him in December 1820.

15. ALTE MAINZER GASSE (OLD
MAINZ LANE) / MAINKAI (MAIN
QUAY) 35
During his stay in Frankfurt, Franz Xaver Mozart
met with the most important personalities of the
music-loving Frankfurt middle class.He was invited
for dinner with Wilhelm Manskopf, played music
at the home of the Passavant family and made
trips to Offenbach to see the publisher, Johann
André.He met the composer Franz Xaver Schnyder
von Wartensee and the concertmaster Heinrich
Hoffmann. In the theatre – it was still the beautiful
Komödienhaus, in which his father had once
given a concert – he saw the «Kalif von Bagdad»
by Boieldieu and Süßmayr’s musical comedy
«Soliman der Zweite oder Die drei Sultaninnen».
The young Mozart was also the guest of the
Neufville family. These were the descendants of
those bankers, about whose bankruptcy in 1763,
grandfather Leopold had reported.
Marianne Willemer played a not inconsiderable
role in the Frankfurt music life. She had been the
driving force behind the foundation of the
Cäcilien-Verein and in this way also hoped to
regain the interest of Johann Wolfgang Goethe in
the cultural life of the city. In her letters to
Goethe, she often speaks of Schelble and the
work of the choir. Franz Xaver Mozart was the
guest of the Willemers many times – probably in
the house at the front of the Main and not in the
Gerbermühle.
15. ALTE MAINZER GASSE/
MAINKAI 35
Johann Jakob von Willemer acquired the house
«Zum Rothen Männchen» (the little red man) -
originally «Mündelein» - in 1796. It stretched
from 5 Alte Mainzer Gasse to 35 Mainkai. In the
generously designed rooms of this stately house,
the Willemer family could display a dignified luxury.The
landing place for the ships was directly in
front of its windows. One could see the large cranes,
which Leopold Mozart had admired in 1763.
They were in use well into the 19th century.
Franz Xaver founded his own Cäcilien-Verein,
and Johann Nepomuk Schelble wrote in Mozart’s
notebook:
«Take, dear friend, on your leaving, all my love and
admiration with you! You were only given to me for a
short time but what I received is everlasting. May heaven
bring us together again soon and if it is possible,
forever».
After «quite a boring» New Year’s Eve with the
Bernard family and various goodbye visits, Franz
Xaver Mozart left Frankfurt on the 3rd of January
1821. His conclusion (quotation on page 24)
hints at the words of his father – it was «all a lot
of boasting», what they said about the free cities.
Nevertheless, because of the Cäcilien-Verein, the
Frankfurt music life was in full bloom. At home,
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MOZART 2006
On the event of the Mozart year 2006,The Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung is planning various events;
readings, lectures, concerts and an exhibition in the Holzhausenschlösschen and at other locations.
Many aspects that could only be touched within the range of this city guide will be extended.
Please see www.holzhausenschloesschen.de for further information.
Here you will find the most important events of different organisers of the Mozart year at Frankfurt
and in the Rhein-Main area as well as indications to research projects, exhibitions and other things
regarding Mozart at Frankfurt:
www.mozart-in-frankfurt.de
Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg:
www.mozarteum.at
An event calendar of other cities can be found on the web page of the «European Mozart Ways».
You can also follow Mozart’s journey through Europe with a map:
www.mozart2006.at
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PHOTO CREDITS
Pages 1 (Cover Illustration), 10 above, 10 left, 10 right, 19, 21 right above, 21 right below, 22, 27 below, 28 above: Johann Christian
Senckenberg Library of the University Frankfurt am Main
Pages 2f., 5, 6, 8f., 13 left, 14 left, 14 above, 16 above left, 16 below, 17 below, 17 right, 18, 23 left, 23 below right, 24 above right, 24
below right, 26 above left, 26 middle, 28 below left: Historisches Museum Frankfurt am Main
Pages 12, 25 above right: Description of the actual state of the free City of Franckfurt am Mayn, by Johann Bernhard Müller at
Franckfurt am Mayn, 1747. (Johann Christian Senckenberg Library of the University Frankfurt am Main)
Pages 21, below left, 25 above left, 28 below right: By Albert Richard Mohr:The Frankfurt Mozart Book, Frankfurt am Main, 1968
Photos by: Sabine Teuschner,Vividprojects

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