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Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (sometimes Nicolaus; 22 January 1761 – 24 March 1826) was a Danish diplomat and music historian. He is the author of one of the first biographies of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, still used today as a scholarly source.
When it finally arrived, the author, Georg Nikolaus Nissen (1761–1826), may have seemed an unlikely candidate, for he was a Danish diplomat who had been dead for more than two years. Nissen’s qualification for the job was unusual: he was married to Constanze Weber Mozart, the composer’s widow.
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Toward the end of 1797, she met Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, a Danish diplomat and writer who, initially, was her tenant. The two began living together in September 1798, and were married in Pressburg (today Bratislava) in 1809. From 1810 to 1820, they lived in Copenhagen, and subsequently travelled throughout Europe, especially Germany and Italy.
Georg Nikolaus Nissen. Gemälde von Ferdinand Jagemann, 1809. Georg Nikolaus Nissen (* 22. Januar 1761 in Haderslev; † 24. März 1826 in Salzburg) war ein dänischer Diplomat und früher Mozart-Forscher. Als Ehemann von Mozarts Witwe Constanze wurde er zu einem der ersten Mozart-Biographen.
Nissen, Georg Nikolaus, Danish statesman and music scholar; b. Haderslev, Jan. 22, 1761; d. Salzburg, March 24, 1826. He entered the diplomatic service in 1792, becoming the Danish chargé d’affaires in Vienna in 1793. He commenced a friendship with Mozart’s widow, Constanze (1797), and later became her husband (1809).
Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (sometimes Nicolaus or Nicolai; 22 January 1761 – 24 March 1826) was a Danish diplomat and music historian. He is the author of one of the first biographies of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, still used today as a scholarly source.
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- January 22, 1761
- Constanze (Weber) Mozart
- March 24, 1826
Georg Nikolaus Niessen – Biography of W.A. Mozart, curated by Marco Murara, Editore Zecchini 2018. Published by Zecchini, 2018. Nissen’s Mozart Biography is an essential step in the Mozart bibliographic tradition: thanks to its dimension the book can be considered the first real biography dedicated to the composer from Salzburg.
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