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
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11mins
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
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10mins
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
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10mins
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
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11mins
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
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13mins
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
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10mins
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
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11mins
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
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9mins
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
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9mins
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
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10mins