![]() ![]() ![]() Maynard Solomon translates one passage into rhymed English as shown below (from a letter dated 23 December 1778): They are striking for their abundance of scatological and sexual humor. These are called the "Bäsle letters" ("Bäsle" is a diminutive form in German, meaning "little cousin"). Ten letters of their subsequent correspondence have been preserved, all from Wolfgang to Marianne. ![]() ![]() The young people developed a close, probably intimate relationship. Between October 11 and October 26, 1777, 19-year-old Marianne met the 21-year-old Wolfgang in Augsburg. She was born in Augsburg, Germany, the third and only surviving of five daughters of Franz Alois Mozart (a younger brother of Leopold Mozart) and Maria Victoria Eschenbach. It depicts a sad farewell between Marianne and Mozart in 1777. Modern reconstruction of a target for Bölzlschiessen (dart shooting), a light entertainment of the Mozart family. ![]()
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