Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Collusive Friendship

  1. Baumert, Thomas 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Book:
On Music, Money and Markets

ISBN: 9783031432255,  9783031432262

Year of publication: 2023

Pages: 45-68

Type: Book chapter

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43226-2_3 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—who considered themselves friends—rank among the most important classical composers of all times. The present chapter studies the evolution of their finances, considering both their incomes and expenditures. And while incomes did not differ too much between both musicians, expenditures did so greatly. Haydn, who opted for a comfortable yet not luxurious lifestyle, was always keen to save money and to have his expenses covered by his employers. Mozart, on the other hand, opted for the lavish lifestyle of Vienna’s upper class, which he could not finance after the outbreak of the war in 1787, forcing him to beg for short time loans to cover his debts. Yet, shortly before his death, his incomes shoot up again—only too late. Haydn for his part, also took advantage of the growing music publishing business and of two “tours” to England, from which he gained enormous net benefits.

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