Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life

Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life

by ProfessorRobertSpaethling (Author)

Synopsis

What was Mozart really like? Responsible? Fun-loving? Foul-mouthed? Sublime? Reading these sparkling new translations of more than 275 of Mozart?s letters and postscripts written over a span of almost 22 years, we learn in his own words that he was all of these and much more. Here is the composer at his most intimate and unguarded, expressing his feelings about life, love, music, and the world around him.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 15 Apr 2004

ISBN 10: 0571222927
ISBN 13: 9780571222926

Media Reviews
Mozart's Honesty, his awareness of his own genius and his contempt for authority all shine out from these letters.
Author Bio
Robert Spaethling is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Massachusetts, and is the author of several books on Mozart, including Music and Mozart in the Life of Goethe. He was raised in the Bavarian town of Weissenstadt, whose local dialect resembles that of Mozart's Salzburg.