One month after their arrival, Fridolin died. The family moved to Vienna in 1779, again following Aloysia as she pursued her career. She rejected Mozart when he passed through Munich on his way back to Salzburg. While Mozart was in Paris, Aloysia obtained a position as a singer in Munich, and the family accompanied her there. He fell in love, not with the 15-year-old Constanze, but with Aloysia. The 21-year-old Mozart visited Mannheim in 1777 on a job-hunting tour with his mother and developed a close relationship with the Weber family. All four were trained as singers and Josepha and Aloysia both went on to distinguished musical careers, later on performing in the premieres of a number of Mozart's works.ĭuring most of Constanze's upbringing, the family lived in her mother's hometown of Mannheim, an important cultural, intellectual, and musical center of the time. Constanze had two older sisters, Josepha and Aloysia, and one younger one, Sophie. Her father, Fridolin Weber, worked as a "double bass player, prompter, and music copyist." Fridolin's half-brother was the father of composer Carl Maria von Weber. Constanze Weber was born in Zell im Wiesental, a town near Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, in the south-west of Germany.
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