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Mozart: a life is based on an unsurpassed knowledge of the documentary sources, including numerous documents that have not previously appeared in any biography of the composer. It offers a beautifully written and absorbing narrative of Mozart's life, from his birth in 1756 and childhood in Salzburg to the extraordinary decade of acclaimed performances in the capitals of Europe, where he was honored by royal families and adoring audiences, to his emergence as a prolific young composer, his status as Salzburg's favorite son in the 1770s, his conquest of Vienna, his marriage there, his financial vicissitudes, his later journeys to Prague and Germany, his deepening melancholia, his final triumphs, and his premature death in 1791
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Mozart, Maynard Solomon
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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- Mozart
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Maynard Solomon
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 640
- ISBN10
- 0060190469
- ISBN13
- 9780060190460
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, History, Music Theme, Art, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Music, Classical Music
- Original title
- Mozart
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- Mozart: a life is based on an unsurpassed knowledge of the documentary sources, including numerous documents that have not previously appeared in any biography of the composer. It offers a beautifully written and absorbing narrative of Mozart's life, from his birth in 1756 and childhood in Salzburg to the extraordinary decade of acclaimed performances in the capitals of Europe, where he was honored by royal families and adoring audiences, to his emergence as a prolific young composer, his status as Salzburg's favorite son in the 1770s, his conquest of Vienna, his marriage there, his financial vicissitudes, his later journeys to Prague and Germany, his deepening melancholia, his final triumphs, and his premature death in 1791