Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, in 1788. It is one of his most celebrated and widely performed works.
Mozart c. 1783
The Tonkünstler-Societät was a benevolent society for musicians in Vienna, which lasted from the mid-18th century to the mid-20th. Its purpose was "to support retired musicians and their families". Be
A 19th-century portrayal by August Gerasch of the old Burgtheater, venue of a number of the Tonkünstler-Societät's concerts
Florian Gassmann, engraving from 1775 by Johann Balzer
Haydn as portrayed by Ludwig Guttenbrunn. The portrait dates from c. 1791–1792, but depicts Haydn c. 1770, based on an earlier version.
Posthumous portrait of Mozart by Barbara Kraft (1819), after originals painted in his lifetime