Mozart Decoded Mozart Decoded Mozart Decoded is a 2008 documentary about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart produced by Sullivan Entertainment. The film was made as a follow up to Sullivan Entertainment’s Magic Flute Diaries and uses a lot of the same visual material. The program premiered on December 20, 2008 on A-Channel in Canada. A detailed look the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart Decoded starts with Mozart’s upbringing and follows his life through his success and affiliations. A priority of this documentary is finding out what motivated Mozart’s work and how organizations like the Freemasons impacted his most popular operas.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart listeners and performers. These developments were not witnessed by Mozart's father, who had died on 28 May 1787. In December 1787, Mozart finally obtained a steady post under aristocratic patronage. Emperor Joseph II appointed him as his "chamber composer", a post that had fallen vacant the previous month on the death of Gluck. It was a part-time appointment, paying just 800 florins per year, and required Mozart only to compose dances for the annual balls in the Redoutensaal (see "Mozart and dance"). This modest income became important to Mozart when hard times arrived. Court records show that Joseph's aim was