Constanze Mozart (with Kristin Franseen)

This season on Vulgar History, we're investigating the question How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? To do so, we're looking at the lives of women who lived during the revolutionary era of the 18th century. This week, Kristin Franseen joins us to discuss Constanze Mozart, best known as the wife and then widow of Amadeus Mozart. -- Learn about the Grove Music Online website of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Project -- Kristin's references: Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music by Jane Glover 1791: Mozart's Last Year by H.C. Robbins Landon "Salieri's Cosi fan tutte" by Bruce Alan Brown and John Rice, Cambridge Opera Journal 8, no. 1 Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life edited by Robert Spaethling A Mozart Pilgrimage by Vincent and Mary Novellos — Operation Olive Branch Operation Olive Branch Instagram Operation Olive Branch TikTok — Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout -- Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping) -- Support Vulgar History on Patreon  -- Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices