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Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour

In 1781 Colloredo's steward dismissed Mozart in Vienna. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1781 Colloredo's steward dismissed Mozart in Vienna. The Salzburg office ended. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He was kicked out after refusing to return to Salzburg. The kick is the steward's; the refusal is Mozart's.

Context

Count Arco is the received steward. Sharing the rupture with that court is required. The setting of Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour is the public file around 1781-06-08. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour. Naming Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1781-06-08 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour on 1781-06-08. A court dismissal is a labour path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He was kicked out after refusing to return to Salzburg. The kick is the steward's; the refusal is Mozart's.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactColloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 8 June 1781 · verified

    A court dismissal is a labour path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Mozart, grand tourEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Cambridge Dürer and Northern Renaissance studiesCambridge University Press · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Mozart, break with Colloredo at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Cambridge Companion — 1781 rupture at https://www.cambridge.org/core/ (opens in a new tab) (Cambridge University Press). Official carrier: Britannica — Mozart, break with Colloredo (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Cambridge Companion — 1781 rupture (https://www.cambridge.org/core/ (opens in a new tab); Cambridge University Press).

Established: a sourced public record of Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour under 1781-06-08 for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Established: a sourced public record of Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour under 1781-06-08.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Freelance Vienna is neighbouring offset. Mixed effects of Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. contributed toFactColloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Colloredo's steward dismisses Mozart in Vienna in 1781 as a dated rupture of court labour. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-break-1781

https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-break-1781

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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