Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

Update: 2011-01-10

Description

In this episode Cliff Eisen concentrates on a 18th-Century state-of-the-art telescope and on a musical clock as a sign of the Mozarts’ interest in science and technology – a typical concern of the time, which Wolfgang reflected in his music.

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In Channel

Objects 12: Blood letting device

2011-01-1213:00

Object 10 & 11: Leopold's books and Mozart's tea chest

2011-01-1111:12

Object 9: A Masonic periodical published in Vienna in the 1780s

2011-01-1010:21

Object 8: A window from Mozart’s flat in Vienna

2011-01-1011:08

Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

2011-01-1013:58

Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

2011-01-1010:01

Object 5: The Mozarts’ Games

2011-01-0611:22

Object 4: Mozart’s own piano

2011-01-0510:20

Object 3: A model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

2011-01-0409:34

Object 2: Portraits of Mozart

2011-01-0312:12

Object 1: Mozart’s Watch

2011-01-0210:04

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Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

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Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

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Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock