Mozart

Originally written in the 1930s and long unavailable, this is a masterful and moving portrait of the great composer. An astonishing musical prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave his first concert at the age of four, composed his first works at five, wrote his first opera at twelve, and was acclaimed by the crowned heads of Europe. But driven and exploited by his father, humiliated by many of the great patrons of the day, Mozart was dead at the age of 35--buried, unmourned, in a pauper's grave. His body of work includes operas, symphonies, and chamber and choral works that are among the finest ever composed. His early death is one of the greatest calamities to befall Western art. In this welcome reprinting of her classic work, Annette Kolb presents Mozart's story with rare insight and feeling. Annette Kolb (1870-1967) was a distinguished German novelist and biographer. 320 pp 6 x 9 8 pp b/w illustrations