{"id":42286,"date":"2017-01-28T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=42286"},"modified":"2019-05-10T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T15:06:35","slug":"coffee-break-mozarts-violin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/01\/28\/coffee-break-mozarts-violin\/","title":{"rendered":"COFFEE BREAK | Listen to Mozart’s Personal Violin (It Sounds Wondrous)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The holy grail of violins: Performer David Fulmer plays an excerpt of Mozart\u2019s Violin Sonata in C \u00a0K296 on Mozart’s own violin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

One of the most prized instruments in the collection is known as “the Klotz violin”. \u00a0Mozart 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

“It is incredible because not only did Mozart use this as a performer but also as a composer,” Fulmer says in the video. “On this very violin, he wrote and played his five violin concerti, and the monumental masterpiece Sinfonia Concertante K. 364,”<\/p>\n

The violin was made by a member of the Klotz family of violin makers in Mittenwald, Southern Bavaria.<\/p>\n

Mozart eventually abandoned the instrument in Salzburg before\u00a0travelling to Munich for the premiere of his Idomeneo. <\/em>Musicologists speculate that he may have\u00a0intended\u00a0to returning to his native Salzburg to retrieve the violin at some point, \u00a0but never did.<\/p>\n

A priceless artifact, for sure.<\/p>\n

Take a listen to\u00a0it here:<\/p>\n