Wolff 2012, p. 8, citing Bauer 2009, writes, "Constanze, who survived the composer by more than a half-century and upon her death in 1842 still left her two sons a major fortune of some 30,000 florins in cash, bonds, and savings accounts – all based on earnings from Mozart's music," Wolff, Christoph (2012). Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune. New York: Norton. ISBN9780393050707. Bauer, Günther (2009). Mozart: Geld, Ruhm, und Ehre. Bad Honnef.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
For a substantial selection, with translations into vernacular English, see Spaethling (2000). Online, some excerpts are available, for example, The Marginalian, Interlude, and London Review of Books.
For a substantial selection, with translations into vernacular English, see Spaethling (2000). Online, some excerpts are available, for example, The Marginalian, Interlude, and London Review of Books.
Letter of 20 April 1782, text after Schiller Institute (retrieved 2025). Not all scholars take Mozart at his word; he had a motivation to exaggerate Constanze's refinement and taste, since Leopold was strongly opposed to his son marrying her (see Heartz 2009, p. 63; Halliwell 1998). Heartz, Daniel (2009). Mozart, Haydn and early Beethoven, 1781–1802. New York: W. W. Norton. ISBN978-0-393-06634-0. Halliwell, Ruth (1998). The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
For a substantial selection, with translations into vernacular English, see Spaethling (2000). Online, some excerpts are available, for example, The Marginalian, Interlude, and London Review of Books.
