Classical Music Discoveries

Cataloging the Mozart Symphonies and determining the difference between a symphony by Amadeus and his father Leopold can lead to some unusual investigations by modern musicologists. Here we offer our listeners a case worthy of the best detectives found in any mystery novel. So, put on you sleuthing hat and let’s see what thoughts you may have on this specific case, which we will call “The Lambach Mystery.” The date is January 1769 and the Mozart family began their journey between Salzburg and Vienna. As was customary, they stopped at the Lambach Abbey in Upper Austria for room and meals. Monasteries, at this time, offered rooms and meals for travelers and maintained a chapel for the liturgy and entertainment. This stop over is not mentioned in the correspondence of the Mozart family and is only known through two manuscripts left in the monastery as a gift, or as payment, for room and board for the night. These two manuscripts were found at the beginning of the 20th century in the archives in the Lambach Ab