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Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office

In 1779 Mozart was appointed court organist at Salzburg. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He took Colloredo's organist post after Paris. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Labour-Market Tightness.

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In 1779 Mozart was appointed court organist at Salzburg. Dependence and pay are the file. Paris failure is neighbouring weather. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He took Colloredo's organist post after Paris. The archbishop paid poorly in the received file; 1781 rupture is neighbouring.

Context

Colloredo is the employer. Sharing the post with that court is required. The setting of Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office is the public file around 1779-01-01. Driver labour-market-tightness is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Two instruments. Mixed effects of Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office are separate paths.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office on 1779-01-01. A poorly paid court organist post is a labour path stored as cost of dependence. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

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 Colloredo's organist post after Paris. The archbishop paid poorly in the received file; 1781 rupture is neighbouring.

What changed

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

    1. FactMozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office
    2. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 January 1779 · verified

    A poorly paid court organist post is a labour path stored as cost of dependence.

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, Salzburg organist 1779 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Digital Mozart Edition — Salzburg years at https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum). Official carrier: Britannica — Mozart, Salzburg organist 1779 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Digital Mozart Edition — Salzburg years (https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum).

Established: a sourced public record of Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office under 1779-01-01 for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Established: a sourced public record of Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office under 1779-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office. Naming Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1779-01-01 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.

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.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. contributed toFactMozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office
  3. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

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Factrail. (2026). Mozart is appointed court organist at Salzburg in 1779 as a dated dependent office. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-colloredo-1779

https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-colloredo-1779

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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