Amadeus
by:
Peter Shaffer (author)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn't recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what he hears. Seething with rage at the genius of this...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn't recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what he hears. Seething with rage at the genius of this flippant buffoon and suddenly aware of his own mediocrity, Salieri declares war and sets out to destroy the man he sees as God's instrument on earth. Peter Shaffer's award-winning play is a rich, exuberant portrayal of a God-like man among mortals, and lives destroyed by envy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141188898 (0141188898)
Publish date: January 25th 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Music
TITLE: Amadeus AUTHOR: Peter Shaffer ISBN-13: 978-0-141-18889-8 _____________________ DESCRIPTION: "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn’t recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Co...
bookshelves: winter-20102011, play-dramatisation, re-read, music, revenge, biography, historical-fiction, teh-brillianz Read on January 02, 2011, read count: 4 A BBC recording with Paul Scofield as Salieri, Simon Callow as Mozart and Felicity Kendal as Constanza. It doesn't get much better than ...
Author's Notes--AmadeusMusic: Salieri's March, Mozart's Transformation Process, 'Non più andrai'Postscript: The Play and the Film
A BBC recording with Paul Scofield as Salieri, Simon Callow as Mozart and Felicity Kendal as Constanza. It doesn't get much better than this. Re -read Peter Shaffer's award-winning play combines fiction and history to detail the final years of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Antonio Salieri, an older compo...
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