Marriage in a hurry: Christie’s is auctioning Mozart’s letter

2023-06-18 06:11:59

Why was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stressed regarding marriage? If you are interested in this music-historical sideshow, you will soon be able to read the original explanation if you have enough money in reserve. On July 6, the London auction house Christie’s is auctioning off the letter from the summer of 1782 in which the then 26-year-old explained to his close friend Baroness von Waldstätten why he had to marry Constanze Weber within two days.

Mozart explains on two pages that he must protect his future wife from a scandal. At the time the letter was written, it was known that Constanze was living under the same roof with Mozart, which prompted her mother, Cäcilia Weber, to call in the police to get her daughter out of Mozart’s house, thus salvaging her reputation. The auction house anticipates proceeds of up to 570,000 euros for the autograph.

“Mozart letters are rare at auction, and there are few other historical figures that offer a similarly unfiltered insight into such an important and private moment,” enthused Christie’s Thomas Venning. The letter has always been in private collections and has not been seen by the public or scientists since 1989, a press release said. The letter itself is not precisely dated. In any case, the couple married on August 4, 1782.

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