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A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

Mozart’s world rediscovered in objects of his time. Professor Cliff Eisen looks at Mozart’s world through objects that were close to him. From BBC Radio 3.

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Objects 12: Blood letting device

Objects 12: Blood letting device

In this final episode Cliff Eisen focuses on medicine in the second half of the 18th century, and contemporary views on ... Read more

12 Jan 2011

11mins

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Object 10 & 11: Leopold's books and Mozart's tea chest

Object 10 & 11: Leopold's books and Mozart's tea chest

Cliff Eisen talks about travel in the 18th Century, and discovers the books Leopold Mozart picked up in London as well a... Read more

11 Jan 2011

10mins

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Object 9: A Masonic periodical published in Vienna in the 1780s

Object 9: A Masonic periodical published in Vienna in the 1780s

In this episode Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's Masonic links in Vienna, and the relationship between the Masons and Emper... Read more

10 Jan 2011

10mins

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Object 8: A window from Mozart’s flat in Vienna

Object 8: A window from Mozart’s flat in Vienna

A window from Mozart's flat in Vienna inspires Cliff Eisen to visit the actual place – the Figarohaus, today a museum de... Read more

10 Jan 2011

11mins

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Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

Cliff Eisen starts with an executioner’s sword dating back from the days when Salzburg embraced capital punishment. This... Read more

10 Jan 2011

13mins

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Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

In this episode Cliff Eisen concentrates on a 18th-Century state-of-the-art telescope and on a musical clock as a sign o... Read more

10 Jan 2011

10mins

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Object 5: The Mozarts’ Games

Object 5: The Mozarts’ Games

Cliff Eisen focuses on the role of game-playing in Mozart's life, and takes a look at a range of games including card ga... Read more

6 Jan 2011

11mins

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Object 4: Mozart’s own piano

Object 4: Mozart’s own piano

Cliff Eisen explores some of the many types of piano Mozart played during his life, along with specially-recorded excerp... Read more

5 Jan 2011

9mins

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Object 3: A model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Object 3: A model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Professor Cliff Eisen focuses on a model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Renaissance piece at the British Museum ... Read more

4 Jan 2011

9mins

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Object 2: Portraits of Mozart

Object 2: Portraits of Mozart

Cliff Eisen introduces the second in a series of programmes exploring Mozart's world through objects associated with him... Read more

3 Jan 2011

10mins

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