Mozart: A Life
A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart’s unshakable hold on the public’s consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay’s concise and deft look at the genius’s life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of...
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A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart’s unshakable hold on the public’s consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay’s concise and deft look at the genius’s life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limit and every genre of classical music into new realms.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143037736 (0143037730)
Publish date: August 29th 2006
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Read by Alexander AdamsUnabridgedblurb - Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's fascination can only be strengthened by the historian and biographer Peter Gay's bold new perspective. His passionate and painstaking research reveals truths more fascinating than the myths that have long shrouded the...
This was a pretty good, quick bio of Mozart. It definitely didn't glorify him. Beyond his musical genius he was portrayed as a pretty normal guy--irresponsible with money, a bit of a philanderer and amused (perhaps more than the normal guy) with body humor.
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