page_title: Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
section_title: Cultural legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria / Cultural legacy
caption_attribution_description: Konventionstaler Maximilian III Josepf (Bayern)
context_page_description: Maximilian III Joseph, "the much beloved", was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777.
context_section_description: Maximilian III Joseph ordered in 1751 François de Cuvilliés to construct the splendid rococo Cuvilliés Theatre and in 1755 the Stone Hall of  Nymphenburg Palace. He also ordered to decorate some rooms of the New Schleissheim Palace in rococo style.
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was received by Maximilian III Joseph, who was like his sister Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria skilled in music and composed, but due to a need for strict frugality no post could be offered. In 1775 La finta giardiniera, an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, received its first performance at the Salvatortheater in Munich.
  In 1770 Maximilian III Joseph established the precursor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
caption: Conventionsthaler with the portrait of  Maximilian III. Joseph
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