Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

Update: 2011-01-10

Description

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.

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Objects 12: Blood letting device

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

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

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

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Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

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Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

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Object 5: The Mozarts’ Games

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Object 4: Mozart’s own piano

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

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Object 2: Portraits of Mozart

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Object 1: Mozart’s Watch

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Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

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Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword