Description of the attraction
The narrow lane of Getreidegasse is one of the most interesting side streets of old Salzburg. Medieval houses house many different shops, and looking at their old wrought iron signs is a pleasure. Also on this street for almost 30 years a doll craftswoman has been working - a venerable elderly lady named Maria.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born at number nine on this street on January 27, 1756. On the fourth floor, where the Mozart family lived for about 17 years, a museum is now open, in the exposition of which you can see the only lifetime portrait of the great composer, his first musical instruments and much more.
The foundation of this house was laid back in the XII century, when this territory was set aside for the monastery garden. In the 15th century, a court pharmacist lived here, whose coat of arms - the famous snake, which is a symbol of the mythological healer Aesculapius, has survived over the main entrance to this day. Since 1703, this house was owned by the noble Hagenauer family, who were friends with Leopold Mozart, the father of the composer, who moved to this house immediately after his wedding in 1747.
Mozarts occupied only 4 rooms, as well as the kitchen, the furnishings of which have been preserved in their original form. The museum itself was opened already in 1880 and acquired the two lower floors for its use. Now this museum displays the first musical instruments that the young composer was just starting to play, including his violin and harpsichord. The third floor is dedicated to numerous operas composed by Mozart, including The Magic Flute, one of the last works of the great composer, staged shortly before his death in 1791. The museum displays the very clavichord on which Mozart worked during the creation of this opera.
The Mozart Museum in Salzburg also contains many documents and portraits that have survived from those times. Especially noteworthy is the only lifetime portrait of the composer and the amazing portrait of his mother, Anna Maria Perthl.
