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Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck

In December 1787 Mozart was appointed Kammermusicus after Gluck. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He took Gluck's vacated chamber post at low pay. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Labour-Market Tightness.

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In December 1787 Mozart was appointed Kammermusicus after Gluck. The wage was small. It is a court crumb, not Figaro. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He took Gluck's vacated chamber post at low pay. Joseph II appointed; it is not Figaro-scale income.

Context

Joseph II appointed. Sharing the post with that court is required. The setting of Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck is the public file around 1787-12-07. Driver labour-market-tightness is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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

Why it matters

Improving path from Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck on 1787-12-07. A small court wage is a labour path of medium-low weight as security. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Shared responsibility is part of Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck. Naming Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1787-12-07 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.

Who was responsible

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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    He took Gluck's vacated chamber post at low pay. Joseph II appointed; it is not Figaro-scale income.

What changed

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

    1. FactMozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck
    2. weakensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 7 December 1787 · verified

    A small court wage is a labour path of medium-low weight as security.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Digital Mozart Edition — early tours neighbourhoodInternationale Stiftung Mozarteum · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Mozart, grand tourEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Mozart, court appointment 1787 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Digital Mozart Edition — Kammermusicus at https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum). Official carrier: Britannica — Mozart, court appointment 1787 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Digital Mozart Edition — Kammermusicus (https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum).

Established: a sourced public record of Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck under 1787-12-07 for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Established: a sourced public record of Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck under 1787-12-07.

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

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

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck are separate paths.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. contributed toFactMozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck
  3. weakensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

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Factrail. (2026). Mozart is appointed Kammermusicus in 1787 as a dated small court wage after Gluck. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-chamber-musician-1787

https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-chamber-musician-1787

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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