Mozart

Wolfgang Mozart fell in love with a mysterious woman, despite his father’s feelings towards her and her family. Mozart was a very well known musician in his Vienna, and his father wanted nothing but the best for him. Leopold Mozart also had a hard time letting go. It has been said that Mozart’s marriage was one sided, and his wife had a negative effect on him. Other sources say they were very much in love. Which side of the story is true?

Constanze Weber came from a very poor, but musically unconventional family. When she met Wolfgang Mozart he was a well known virtuoso and composer in Vienna. Constanze was accused of being responsible for Mozart’s down fall to poverty and was not thought of as a romantic companion. Her down falls included pettiness, vain, greedy, superstitious and she liked to gossip. However, she was a family person, economical, and a great mother to her children. Mozart’s father never liked the Weber family because he believed they were out to entangle his beloved son, and therefore did not want him to marry Constanze. Despite all of Leopold’s complaints of the Weber family, he was never successful in finding Constanze’s faults.

Contrary to the negative statements reared towards Constanze involving her marriage to Mozart are not true. This marriage was not at all one and evidence indicates that their marriage was very important to Mozart. He needed her to compose and he found it difficult to work without her by his side. After Mozart’s death, Constanze was accused of selling his works and not being petty in negotiations with publishers. This was not true in the fact that she preserved every single scrap of his music. Constanze’s second husband joined her in effort in supporting Mozart and his music.