27 June 1787

A notice of Leopold Mozart’s death

Salzburger Intelligenzblatt, no. 22, Sat, 27 Jun 1787

[176]

Geburts= Trauungs= und Sterbfälle.

[...]

III. Stadtk. jenseits der Brücke. Vom 24. bis
31. May. Gest. Den 28. Hr. Leopold Mo=
zart, hochfürstl. Vizekapellmeister, 68 J. an
der Auszehr. [...]

Salzburger Intelligenzblatt, 1787-06-27b

Commentary

The notice in the Salzburger Intelligenzblatt of 15 Sep 1787 regarding the auction of Leopold Mozart’s estate on 25 Sep has long been known to Mozart scholars (Dokumente, 261–62, citing Valentin 1943, 93). This earlier notice of Leopold’s death in the Intelligenzblatt of 2 Jun 1787 is mentioned, but not transcribed in Dokumente (258), in the commentary to the entry regarding Leopold’s death in the diary of Dominikus Hagenauer on 28 May 1787. The notice from the Intelligenzblatt is transcribed in Valentin 1943, 93, note 14. The cause of death given in the Intelligenzblatt is “Auszehr” (“Auszehrung,” consumption).

On the Salzburger Intelligenzblatt, its editor Lorenz Hübner, and the other Salzburg periodicals under his editorship from 1784 to 1799, see the commentary to the entry for 18 Jan 1787.

Bibliography

Valentin, Erich. 1943. “Ein unbekannter Mozart-Brief.” In: Neues Mozart-Jahrbuch, vol. 3, 87–94. Regensburg: Gustav Vosse.

Credit: Erick Valentin

Author: Dexter Edge

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First Published: Wed, 13 May 2015

Print Citation:

Edge, Dexter. 2015. “A notice of Leopold Mozart’s death (27 June 1787).” In: Mozart: New Documents, edited by Dexter Edge and David Black. First published 13 May 2015. https://www.mozartdocuments.org/documents/27-june-1787/

Web Citation:

Edge, Dexter. 2015. “A notice of Leopold Mozart’s death (27 June 1787).” In: Mozart: New Documents, edited by Dexter Edge and David Black. First published 13 May 2015. [direct link]