Mozart Snapshot # 14: Constanze and the Mozart Industry

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Mozart Snapshot # 14: Constanze and the Mozart Industry
The large Mozart statue in Mozartplatz is one of the earliest monuments to the great composer. But whose idea was it to build a monument to Mozart, and how did it happen that a town which once perhaps undervalued its most famous son now embraces its worldwide reputation as the “Town of Mozart”? On this week’s snapshot, we visit Salzburg’s famous Mozart statue and learn what role Mozart’s widow Constanze played in the establishment of today’s thriving Mozart industry.