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PAN PIPES Spring 2019 19 A World of Music because he was one of the first pianists with interest and expertise in historical instruments. In 1764-1765, during Wolfgang's Western European tour, he created the idea of playing four-hand piano pieces. He had the perfect partner, his older sister, also a gied pianist. Do you recognize the famous oil painting of the Mozart family attributed to Johann Nepomuk Della Croce? Violinist Leopold is on the right. e portrait of Anna Maria (his deceased wife) hangs on the wall behind the siblings. ey are most likely performing on the Mozart family's two-manual harpsichords with Nannerl playing the upper part. is painting above the aforementioned fortepiano is in the dancing-master's room of Wohnhaus. In Mozartian times, this large room was used for musical events as well as the place where the family played board games and cards. Visitors walking through the rooms today can use headsets and listen to interesting descriptions in eleven different languages. Mozart spent about a third of his life traveling. In the multi-media room, individuals can watch short video clips (in German or English) addressing aspects of Mozart's travel in general and others specifically, including his three trips to Italy and one to Mannheim and Paris. Any Mozart enthusiast or scholar could spend a lifetime at the Mozart Audio and Video Collection. is archive, which currently includes 26,000 sound recordings and 3,300 video productions, is the largest that relates to Mozart's life and works. e general public can use this facility free of charge but cannot check out anything. By appointment, groups can watch productions on the large viewing screen. Across the Salzach River in Old Town is Mozart's Geburtshaus with its more than 300 exhibits. Photos are not permitted, but there are three easy ways (QR code, AppStore, or PlayStore) to download informative commentary on a smart phone and learn about the contents of the museum, particularly the five rooms in the third-floor residence where the Mozarts lived for more than a quarter of a century. You'll probably recognize at least some of the portraits hanging in the living room! In the dimly lit room of Wolfgang's birth are highly treasured personal memorabilia, including his own childhood violin. How I would love to hear someone play this one day! On the other floors of the museum are rooms with additional displays, including one about Wolfgang's life in Vienna and another one with dioramas of stage sets from some of his operas. In an adjoining room are Above, the Mozart home. At right, Leopold Mozart worked as a violin tutor. Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum

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