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Entrance to the "Augarten", a park opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. Over the main gate on the left the inscription: "To Mankind, from its admirer." This is part of Mozart's and Haydn's Vienna. In. 64289
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Entrance to the "Augarten", a park opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. Ov...

A part of the "Augarten" park, opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. This is part of Mozart's and Haydn's Vienna. In. 18986
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A part of the "Augarten" park, opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. Th...

The house on Schulerstrasse in Vienna's first district where Mozart lived with his wife Constanze, and where he wrote the Marriage of Figaro. Mozart's house is the second from the left. Watercolour by Richard Moser, 1905. In. 29904
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The house on Schulerstrasse in Vienna's first district where Mozart li...

The house on Schulerstrasse in Vienna's first district where Mozart lived with his wife Constanze and where he composed the Marriage of Figaro. Watercolour by H. Janda, around 1900. In. 28451
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The house on Schulerstrasse in Vienna's first district where Mozart lived with...

The Hospital and orphanage at St. Marx in the outskirts of Vienna. On the left the orphanage church, where Mozart conducted his first mass as a young boy; nearby the cemetery where he was buried in a mass grave. In. 18976
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The Hospital and orphanage at St. Marx in the outskirts of Vienna. On the left t...

Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a realistic record of the Vienna Frei- haustheater production of 1791.Both Mozart and writer Schikaneder were Freemasons and the trials of Papageno and Tamino are reminiscent of a mason's initiation.
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Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a reali...

Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a realistic record of the Vienna Frei- haustheater production of 1791.Both Mozart and writer Schikaneder were Freemasons and the trials of Papageno and Tamino are reminiscent of a mason's initiation.
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Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a reali...

Prince Nikolaus I Esterhazy (1714-1790), Austrian Fieldmarshal. From 1761 to 1790 Joseph Haydn was music master to the Prince.
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Prince Nikolaus I Esterhazy (1714-1790), Austrian Fieldmarshal. From 1761 to 17...

Coloured Silhouette by Otto Boehler "Strauss is playing today", which shows Johann Strauss conducting in heaven, and angels and famous composers Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Liszt, Weber, Wagner, etc. waltzing to his tunes.
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Coloured Silhouette by Otto Boehler "Strauss is playing today", which sh...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) conducting one of his symphonies. Satirical print depicting listeners fleeing the noise. Caption says: "A concert in 1846."
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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) conducting one of his symphonies. Satirical pr...

A concert at the Vienna Winter Riding School with a particularly large orchestra, probably a performance of Mendelsohn's "Elias." In the Imperial Box Emperor Francis-Joseph I. Protocol demanded that the conductor not turn his back on the Emperor.
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A concert at the Vienna Winter Riding School with a particularly large orche...

The concert,coloured engraving from "Basedows Elementarwerk"
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The concert,coloured engraving from "Basedows Elementarwerk"