Mozart (Penguin Lives)
The greatest mind in Western music, by a National Book Award-winning writer on culture and psychology. 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...
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The greatest mind in Western music, by a National Book Award-winning writer on culture and psychology. 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 maestro's life. Here is the archetypal child prodigy whose genius triumphed over early precociousness, and who later broke away from a loving but tyrannical father to pursue his vision unhampered. Peter Gay's Mozart traces the legendary development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limit and every genre--especially opera--into new realms. More than an engrossing biography, this is a meditation on the nature of genius and, for any music lover, a trove of new critical insights. Penguin Lives pairs celebrated writers with famous individuals who have shaped our thinking.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670882380 (0670882380)
Publish date: June 1st 1999
Publisher: Viking Adult
Pages no: 160
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.