{"id":1116,"date":"2012-01-09T12:58:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T01:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2022-01-10T19:53:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T08:53:07","slug":"mozart-vienna-walking-tou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/sightseeing\/mozart-vienna-walking-tou","title":{"rendered":"Walking in the Footsteps of Mozart in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walking in the Footsteps of Mozart – A Self-Guided Mozart Vienna Walking Tour:<\/h3>\n
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Portrait of Mozart – A 1781 painting<\/p><\/div>\n

Mozart<\/strong> was born in Salzburg and although he lived for 25 years in this city, the final ten years of his short life were spent in Vienna. It was in Vienna <\/strong>that many important events took place that shaped his later life. Fans of Mozart can do a self-guided Mozart Vienna Walking tour<\/strong>, tracing the footsteps of this musical genius.<\/p>\n

Mozart in Vienna<\/h4>\n

In 1781, whilst on a visit to Vienna with the Prince-Archbishop Count Colloredo of Salzburg, Mozart had a row with the Archbishop and resigned his commission. He decided to stay in Vienna where worked his way up from an unemployed artist to a respected and prosperous pianist, composer and music teacher.<\/p>\n

Mozart got married to Constanze at St. Stephen’s Cathedral<\/strong> in Vienna and his six children were born here. It was in Vienna that he composed many of his best-known operas, symphonies, piano concertos, sonatas, sacred music, including his most important works: the unfinished Requiem<\/em>.<\/p>\n