European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Most by Marc Fisher the Washington Post Wolfgang amadeus Mozart died 200 years ago this dec. 5. As a result perfectly Well behaved and historically minded cities such As Vienna Salzburg and dozens of other burgs in Austria and Germany have gone a bit Batty this year offering countless concerts exhibits of varying value and an endless array of products All designed to spread the gospel of amadeus and make More Money than Mozart Ever conceived of. There Are Mozart scarves Mozart a playing cards Mozart Mayonnaise skis perfume miniatures Mirits and millions of Mozart Marzipan candies called Mozart Kuglen which were actually eaten during the composer s lifetime making. Them the experts say the Only remotely a authentic product in the whole cavalcade of Commerce. Mozart himself was an avowed fan of. Excess a fact that salesmen and marketeers have taken to heart this year. But the Vienna Celebration has tried to keep the music a unadulterated. Untainted by  hucksters a on the main stage of the yearlong festival. Revolted by the example of France s Celebration two years ago of the anniversary of its revolution Peter Weiser. Appointed by Vienna s mayor to create a proper bicentenary has spent much of the past months saying no. No to politicians who wanted Vienna s gala concerts to be Little More than Campaign events. No to a chamber pot company that wanted to offer a product Voith a portrait of Mozart s rival composer Saimeri at least according to the grand myth promulgated by the movie amadeus painted on the Bottom. And no to Mozart land a Disney like theme Park that would have been built in the Center of Vienna where actors  been hired to be  to carry tourists around in handheld sedans. Weiser turned his attention to music which is All hype aside the heart of Vienna s Celebration. This summer every evening Vienna will offer audiences of 5,000 free showings of notable film and television productions of Mozart operas on a a giant screen in front of the City Hall. There s Mozart in the a. Churches a citywide a program in  composer s Many masses Are being performed not As concert pieces but in the religious setting for which they were intended. You can hear Mozart in palaces the palais Auersperg oilers Trio concerts with Jause. The afternoon Coffee and cake that contributes mightily to the viennese s bulk. And you can hear the music in museums although the selections that accompany Vienna s main Mozart exhibition magical sounds at the Kunstler Haus bleed from one room to the next and lurch uncomfortably from one piece to  exhibit itself is not so much about a. Mozart As a bout his times a reflection both of Weiser s intention to use the Celebration to teach about viennese history and of the fact that there simply Aren t Many Mozart artefacts around. That makes for a  display and the tourist guides that warn of a Quot crush Quot of visitors at the museum Are Only wishful1 thinking a the place is always empty. Still from household objects to medical tools Pool fables to theatrical costumes the exhibit does present a Complete View of Mozart s world for the serious history Buff. There Are surprisingly few traces of Mozart in a City where he spent chunks of 29 years living in 20 houses. Some of those structures still stand and one known As the Mozart House on Schule Strasse provides a Good feel for 18th-Century. Vienna Mozart aside Vienna inside the Majestic ring is one of the easiest places in Europe  to vanish into another time wandering the narrow Back alleys. And ducking into any number of 17th and 18lh-Cenlury churches. St. Stephen s Cathedral where Wolfgang married Constanze is breathtaking and the perfect place to hear the requiem which will be performed there by the Vienna philharmonic orchestra and chorus in december to bring the Mozart year to a magnificent close. 1a More academic exhibit at the National Library is designed to set the record straight on Mozart s life showing through financial records that the composer was hardly the struggling pauper Many biographers have idealized. But the bulk of the Mozart Bash is meant instead to boost Vienna the music and the myth of the child Genius whose every bit of creation is being shovelled before the worldwide Public in concerts new York s Lincoln Center is spending 19 months running through the Complete works and on recordings. And for those who gel no Joy from the Camp of modern excess Vienna has Laid on enough performances to satiate any listener. Over the course of the year Many of the world s top _ conductors will be part of the Vienna Mozart. Celebration including Zubin Mehta Claudio Abrado Ricardo Muli Daniel Barenboim Seiji Ozawa and George Solti. Mozart holds a special place in Vienna a and the 200th anniversary of his death is being marked with the Type of excess that would have made him  events Wolfgang amadeus Mozart 10 stripes Magazine june 13, 1991 Vienna s yearlong Celebration of Mozart includes a a a a a a a a a exhibits magic sounds the City s main historical tribute Kunstler Haus until sept. 15. Requiem austrian National Library. 1 thursdays through dec. 5. The sound of Mozart display of original instruments scores and recordings with occasional concerts Homburg. Daily except tuesdays through oct. 27. Atoka to 779/-/y97,.musikvorein, daily except sundays nov. 19 through Jan. 4. A concerts Mozart festival Musik Verein All year with a lineup of top International conductors and soloists. St. Michael s Church. 10 . Masses on sundays All year. Palais Auersperg Mozart trios with a viennese Coffee and cake tuesdays thursdays. Saturdays and sundays 4 30 p.m., All year. ,. Vienna festival Konzer thaus International music festival with the theme. Mozart and modernism now through june 17 a 1 a c. A \ summer of music in the courtyard of City Hall and various palaces with free showings of filmed operas and symphonic works As Well As concerts. June 2g through sept. 2. 1. A. A a a a a a a a a a Mozart festival Konzer thaus nov. 24-. Dec. 20. Requiem Vienna philharmonic led by George Solti at St. Stephan a -. Cathedral dec. 5. 1 a. A opera vol Soper thursdays All year. Five Mozart operas in German. Vienna stale opera Mozart. Compositions most conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt sept. 1. O year s end a for additional information Contact the Vienna tourist office Kongre Suburo obese Augarten Strasse 40, a-1025 a Vienna Telephone 0043 1-2.1114. A the Washington Post