Mozart's Wife
Mozart's wife aroused strong feelings among her contemporaries. Her in-laws loathed her. Mozart's friends, more than forty years after his death, remained eager to gossip about her "failures" as wife to the world's first superstar. Maturing from child to wife to hard-headed widow, Konstanze paid...
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Mozart's wife aroused strong feelings among her contemporaries. Her in-laws loathed her. Mozart's friends, more than forty years after his death, remained eager to gossip about her "failures" as wife to the world's first superstar. Maturing from child to wife to hard-headed widow, Konstanze paid her husband's debts, provided for their children, and relentlessly marketed and mythologized her brilliant husband.Mozart's letters attest to his affection for Konstanze as well as to their powerful sexual bond. Yet, the question remains: Why did she never mark his grave?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781461109617 (1461109612)
Publish date: April 26th 2011
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 398
Edition language: English
Prior to reading Juliet Waldron's view of Wolfgang and Konstanze Mozart, I knew only what I saw in "Amadeus". Not a very flattering picture of either character. Waldron has created wonderfully intense characters. Stanzi was a very strong woman trying desperately to understand her genius of a husband...
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