Mozart in love

Mozart in love: I know of no better solution than to marry Constanze tomorrow morning. Christie s Specialist Thomas Venning and Broadcaster Katie Derham showcase an incredibly rare autograph letter written by the composer, in which he appeals to a patroness for advice on preempting a romantic scandal. On a late summer s day in 1782, Mozart received news that he was about to be landed in serious trouble. A maidservant arrived at his rooms and told him his prospective motherinlaw, Frau Cäcilia Weber, was threatening to send the police around to Mozart s address, because she suspected that Constanze was spending the nights there. Living in sin was an arrestable offence in 18thcentury Vienna. Mozart urgently needed advice so he sat down and wrote a letter to his benefactress, Baroness Martha Elisabeth von Waldstätten. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (17561791), Autograph letter to Baroness Von Waldstätten (1782). Estimate: 300, 000 500, 000. The Exceptional Sale: 6 July, 2023. Live Auction: London.