When did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart leave Vienna for his 1789 journey to Berlin?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left Vienna on the morning of the 8th of April 1789. He traveled northward through Prague, Leipzig, Dresden, and finally Berlin during this period.
Questions about Mozart's Berlin journey
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What happened when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in Dresden on the 12th of April 1789?
Mozart stayed at the Hôtel de Pologne where he performed a concert featuring quartets with organist Anton Teyber and cellist Anton Kraft. The following day he played before Elector Friedrich August III of Saxony using his newly written Coronation Concerto K. 537 and received a snuff-box containing 100 ducats as an award.
Why did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visit the Thomaskirche church in Leipzig on the 18th of April 1789?
Mozart visited the Thomaskirche church because Johann Sebastian Bach had served as music director there decades earlier. He improvised on the organ while the choir of the Thomasschule performed Bach's motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225 which he copied out during the performance.
How much money did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart receive for performing before King Friedrich Wilhelm II in May 1789?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received an award of 100 Friedrichs d'or worth around 800 florins when he performed before King Friedrich Wilhelm II and Queen at the royal palace on the 26th of May 1789. Commissions followed including six string quartets and six easy piano sonatas for Princess Friederieke.
Did Josepha Duschek travel with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Berlin in 1789?
Josepha Duschek joined Mozart as a singer in Dresden where she performed arias from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Musicologist Bruce Alan Brown rejected theories that they pursued an affair despite claims by Maynard Solomon regarding their intersecting itineraries through Germany.