{"id":10149,"date":"2023-02-27T16:47:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=10149"},"modified":"2023-02-27T17:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T17:06:53","slug":"listen-to-mozarts-personal-violin-it-sounds-wondrous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/02\/27\/listen-to-mozarts-personal-violin-it-sounds-wondrous\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Mozart&#8217;s Personal Violin (It Sounds Wondrous)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10152\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/MOZARTS-VIOLIN.jpg\" alt=\"The Klotz violin\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Klotz violin being played by the composer and violinist David Fulmer (Photo: video still\/WQXR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart owned a lot of musical instruments over his lifetime. His personal harpsichords, violas, and three violins are currently housed at the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, a museum dedicated to preserving all things, Mozart.<\/p>\n<h3>The Klotz violin<\/h3>\n<p>One of the most prized instruments in the collection is known as &#8220;the Klotz violin&#8221;.\u00a0 Mozart used the violin to perform and compose with, and was a personal favourite. It was brought to the US for the first time in 2013 by composer and violinist David Fulmer.<\/p>\n<h3>Why it\u2019s so special<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;It is incredible because not only did Mozart use this as a performer but also as a composer,&#8221; Fulmer says in the video. &#8220;On this very violin, he wrote and played his five violin concerti, and the monumental masterpiece Sinfonia Concertante K. 364,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A priceless artifact, for sure.<\/p>\n<h3>How does it sound?<\/h3>\n<p>Take a listen to it here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mozart&#039;s Violin Comes to the U.S. for the First Time Ever\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hszdoFI1pWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>More details<\/h3>\n<p>The violin was made by a member of the Klotz family of violin makers in Mittenwald, Southern Bavaria.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mozart eventually abandoned the instrument in Salzburg before travelling to Munich for the premiere of his Idomeneo. Musicologists speculate that he may have intended to return to his native Salzburg to retrieve the violin at some point,\u00a0 but never did.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holy grail of violins: Performer David Fulmer plays an excerpt of Mozart\u2019s Violin Sonata in C K296 on Mozart&#8217;s personal violin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[86,2,84],"tags":[210,211],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/MOZARTS-VIOLIN.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10149"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10165,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10149\/revisions\/10165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10149"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}