Beyond Faithfully Yours
- coffeeancomics310
- Jun 6
- 4 min read
NOT JUST ANOTHER MOZART STORY AND CERTAINLY NOT AMADEUS:
Another Mozart book? You may be surprised to know that despite there being an odd number of fictional novels out there about Mozart as much as there are movies, there has never been an attempt to tell the story of Wolfgang A. Mozart in the manner I am. Would you believe the letters and documentation cover the span of his thirty five years of life? From his birth to his death and even after him, we have as many surviving letters as is possible about the life of Mozart, and many of these you can find collected almost in a diary like style in books from various authors. Two of my favorite translations are done by Elizabeth wallace and Emily Anderson, though these books are hard to track down and find i do own them and gladly have used them as they are public domain, when referencing letters and research for the whole of the Faithfully Yours Mozart series. From the first book on there isn't a time when i don't pull out any of these books to help me as I'm crafting the series. Although the letters aren't my only source, there are lots of other books i utilize such as Mozart's women, Mozart the reign of love, A Mozart Pilgrimage, and other texts, including reaching out to the Mozarteum on occasion, by now I'm sure they know my name, I've reached out quite a bit. But, the whole point is, never, in all the fiction I have found, does anyone seem to focus on Mozart's day to day in a manner that I hate to say, but likened to that of a series such as downton abbey meets Bridgerton. That is how i view my book series, in my head i envision my take on Wolfgang, Constanze, the weber sisters and the world of their lives beyond the marriage as a sweeping five seasons of an unproduced tv show where the lead is a neurodivergent actor and is filmed in Vienna (would you believe most movies and films about mozart aren't, save for some from the 1930's!) But, that's what i want to say about mine. It is not just another solo book where we focus on a part of the mozart story. In fact for five books it's purpose is to take it's readers through the ten years of marriage that Wolfgang and Constanze had. You will see them in their trials, you will laugh with them in their silliness, you will cry when they have loss and grief and hardship and you will, i hope, fall in love with a love story that hasn't been given its rightful dues of respect and empathy.
So. it's not just another Mozart story, it is in fact five books, covering the beauties of a love that was encouraging, sweet, and withstood much heartache.
-Faith jacobs
below, though listed elsewhere too on the website, are my sources for the project, please feel free to click through, there are at least forty-seven sources for the Faithfully yours Mozart project.
—Sources used in creation of all books in the series—
The Letters of Mozart Vol. I & II by Lady Elizabeth Wallace
The Letters of Mozart and his Family Vol. I, II, III by Emily Anderson
Mozart's Women by Jane Glover
Mozart: a Life by Maynard Solomon
Maligned Master: the Real story of Antonio Salieri by Volkmar BraunBeherens
Mozart: the First Biography by Franz Xaver Niemetschek
Mozart's Starling by Lyanda lyn Haupt
Anhang Zu Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Biographie by Constanze Mozart and George Niklaus Nissen
Mozart In Vienna by Volkmar BraunBeherns
Mozart in Italy by Jane Glover
A Mozart Pilgrimage by George and Mary Novello
Mozart: Reign of Love by Jan Swaford.
Other resources:
The Mozarteum directory of collected Mozart letters
Medical books of the 1700’s era:
Everyman his own Doctor (1780)
Domestic Medicine (1785) By William Buchan
Cookery Books:
The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Elizabeth Raffaid
Joke book of the era:
joe Miller’s Jests.
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Modern resources:
(regency cant and expressions)
(An explanation of the parlor games used in all books of the series)
(Article: Mozart's movements and behaviour: a case of Tourette's syndrome?)
(Glossary terms)
(In reference of the medicinal herbs of the era used by those in the colonial period)
(Article of subject about narcissistic arse “father of the year” Leopold Mozart)
(More regency glossary)
(Mozart’s illness chart and their dates/years)
(Mozart had epilepsy. You can’t tell me otherwise.)
(Research on the witch of a woman, Nancy Storace)
(More Research about Mozart’s autism and tourette's syndrome)
(More research into neurodiversity in Mozart)
(Bedlam hospital in London and historical treatment of the disabled and mentally unfit of society in the 1700’s. This is not something made up. Watch The madness of king George. It’s not funny in context or actual abuse at the hands of so called Doctors.)
(An article about leg ulcers as relating to Constanze’s illnesses)
(An article about the understanding of epilepsy in a historical context)
A French article about the Mozart’s and their medicines which were used when illness struck.
(Courtship rules)
(Real people who worked with Mozart)
(Toys and games of the 18th century for children and otherwise)
(More on Mozart’s illnesses)
(Commentary on the resource, A Mozart Pilgrimage)
(Regency dialect)
(Mozart’s colleagues)
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