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Mozart House (or Haus in German) of Vienna is a former residence and now a museum of famous Austrian musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Mozart Hose is located in the Camesinahaus in Domgasse 5 in the 1st district of Vienna Innere Stadt, not far from St. Stephen's Cathedral. On the first floor is the only surviving Viennese apartment of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who lived here from the end of September 1784 to the end of April 1787. It is believed that Mozart was most happiest while living here. It was one of the most productive periods in his life.
Originally built in the 17th century, the house
was originally two-storeyed and had the entrance on Schulerstraße 8
(then: Große Schulerstraße, city no. 845). When Mozart rented his
place here in 1784, the house had been structurally altered since
1716 by the then owner Andrea Simone Carove. Mozart rented the
apartment from the family Camesina, who owned the house since 1720,
which is why it was also known under the name "Camesinahaus".
Mozart's rooms were opened in 1941 on the occasion of the 150th
anniversary of the death of Mozart by the National Socialists as
part of the "Mozart Week of the German Reich", an event intended to
capture Mozart as a typical German composer, in contrast to his
polyglot life. Since 1945, the operation of the showrooms was the
responsibility of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna. Since
the privately owned building appeared to be less attractive from the
outside, the number of visitors in the so-called "Figarohaus" with
about 80,000 people per year remained modest, although the location
seemed attractive because of its short distance to St. Stephen's
Cathedral.
History
The house, which was built in the 17th
century, was originally two-story and had the entrance at
Schulerstrasse 8 (at that time: Große Schulerstrasse, city no. 845).
When Mozart rented here in 1784, the house had been changed since
1716 by the then owner Andrea Simone Carove. Mozart rented the
apartment from the Camesina family, who had owned the house since
1720, which is why it was also known as the "Camesinahaus".
Mozart's rooms were opened in 1941 on the 150th anniversary of
Mozart's death by the National Socialists as part of the "Mozart
Week of the German Reich", an event with which Mozart - in contrast
to his polyglot life - was to be taken as a typical German composer.
Since 1945, the showrooms have been in operation at the Historical
Museum of the City of Vienna. Since the privately owned building
appeared to be less attractive from the outside, the number of
visitors to the so-called "Figaro House" remained modest with around
80,000 people per year, although the location seemed attractive due
to its short distance to St. Stephen's Cathedral.
Adaptation
as Vienna's "Mozart Center"
In view of the Mozart year 2006, Wien
Holding, owned by the City of Vienna, undertook to fundamentally
renew the premises via the Mozarthaus Vienna Errichtungs- und
Betriebs-GmbH, which it had founded. After complete renovation,
information areas on the life and work of the composer with a focus
on his time in Vienna were created in parts of the building and in
the basement. the historic Mozart apartment, which Mozart and his
family lived in from the end of September 1784 to the end of April
1787, remains under the care of the Vienna Museum and has been
incorporated into the overall concept.
These rooms, which are
located on the first floor, are the only Mozart apartments in Vienna
that have been preserved. It consists of four rooms, two cabinets
and a kitchen. In the two and a half years that Mozart spent here,
central works such as "Le Nozze di Figaro" were created. Due to the
very poor facts - so there are no original furnishings - it is more
up to the visitor himself to imagine Mozart's life and work in these
rooms.
In addition to the living rooms, information about
Mozart is presented in the form of audiovisual installations on a
further two floors, the exhibits themselves are not originals, but
rather a collection of replicas that have little to do with Mozart
himself, but are assigned to his time. There is a museum shop and a
coffee machine on the ground floor. The frequency was around 203,000
visitors in 2006 and around 160,000 in 2015. The new Bösendorfer
Hall has also been located here since October 2010.