![]() ![]() The elder, Karl Thomas Mozart (1784 - 1858), studied music, but in 1810 had an opportunity to became an official with the viceroy of Naples in Milan, and thenceforth worked as an accountant or clerk.įranz Xaver was named after his father's invaluable musical assistant Franz Xaver Süssmayr (whose principal fame rests on his completed edition of Mozart's Reqiuem). ![]() Constanze was also first cousin of another famous composer, Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826).įranz Xaver was the last of Mozart's six children. ![]() His mother was Wolfgang's wife, née Maria Constantia Caecillia Josepha Johanna Aloisia Weber, known as Constanze, a singer who was a daughter of the basso Fridolin Weber. His grandfather was Leopold Mozart, who was a composer and teacher of music, and his father was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the greatest natural talent in musical history and one of its greatest geniuses. Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart came from an illustrious musical lineage. ![]()
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