Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1782 · Vienna
Give lessons
09:00–13:00
“From nine to one I give lessons.”
Verbatim excerpt · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, to his sister Maria Anna (Nannerl)
Line breaks and page markers omitted.
Letter describing daily habitsOpen
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. II
Translated by Lady Wallace from Ludwig Nohl’s collection · London, 1865
Letter 188 · Vienna, 13 February 1782 · printed pp. 122–124; routine on p. 123
Passage: Letter 188 · p. 123 · morning schedule
Timing & context
A note on this hour
Both boundaries are explicit.
Vienna · February 1782 · Self-reported routine
The letter describes repeated habits rather than one particular day. Concerts sometimes displaced evening composition; their hours are not supplied. The displayed dinner and evening blocks select one documented pattern.
His routine described to Nannerl on 13 February 1782, with variable dinners, concerts and late working hours.
Mozarteum · letter 0663, with the original timing clarified ↗