Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

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A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

BBC Radio 3

11 episodes

7 months ago

Mozart’s world rediscovered in objects of his time. Professor Cliff Eisen looks at Mozart’s world through objects that were close to him. From BBC Radio 3.

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Mozart’s world rediscovered in objects of his time. Professor Cliff Eisen looks at Mozart’s world through objects that were close to him. From BBC Radio 3.

Society & Culture

Music

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Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

13 minutes

14 years ago

Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

Cliff Eisen starts with an executioner’s sword dating back from the days when Salzburg embraced capital punishment. This episode explores crime and punishment in Mozart’s time and how this was reflected in some of his operas from the 1780s.