Sophie Weber

Maria Sophie Weber (1763–1846) was an Austrian singer. She was the younger sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's wife, Constanze, and is remembered primarily for the testimony she left concerning the life and death of her brother-in-law.

Life She was born into a musical family, the youngest of four sisters all of whom became trained singers; two achieved professional fame: the eldest sister Josepha Weber and the second eldest Aloysia Weber. Her mother was Cäcilia Weber (née Stamm). She moved with the family, first to Munich, then to Vienna, following the burgeoning career of Aloysia. Sophie herself sang at the Burgtheater in the 1780–81 season, In a letter of 15 December 1781, Mozart described Sophie as "good-natured but feather-brained." Following Haibel's death in 1826, Sophie moved to Salzburg where Constanze, for the second time a widow, was living. After 1831 they were joined by their similarly widowed sister Aloysia, who died in 1839. The two younger sisters lived there together until Constanze's death in 1842.

Sophie outlived her younger nephew, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, by two years and died in Salzburg in 1846 at age 83.

Remembrances of Mozart Sophie's own remembrances of Mozart and his death, described by the Grove Dictionary author as "moving," come from a letter she wrote to Constanze's second husband Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, for the purpose of helping with the biography of Mozart that Nissen and Constanze were preparing. She was also interviewed by Vincent and Mary Novello in 1829 during the journey they undertook to gather information about Mozart. For some of her remembrances, see Death of Mozart.