Mozart’s life is well documented in letters that have been preserved, correspondence that shows him to have been a dutiful son, a loving husband, and a hard-working musician. The letters are full of the intimate details of his daily life, and they chronicle his travels, his personal and professional relationships, and his development as an artist. Many are full of playful banter and teasing, joke, puns and rhymes. Some are at times crude, irreverent and joyful.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart married Constanze Weber in spite of his father’s objections. In a letter dated August 7, 1782, Mozart explains to his father why he went ahead with the marriage to Constanze without his consent.

On October 7 and 8, 1791, Mozart wrote a letter to his wife Constanze, who was resting at the spa at Baden. The first performance of The Magic Flute had taken place on September 30.

More of Mozart’s letters are available on the internet. Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words, complied by Friedrich Kerst and translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, compiled by Ludwig Nohl and translated by Grace Wallace.