Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography

Piero Melograni

University of Chicago Press, 2007 - 300 strán (strany)

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the most enduringly popular and celebrated composers to have ever lived. His substantial oeuvre contains works that are considered to be among the most exquisite pieces of symphonic, chamber, and choral music ever written. His operas too cast a long shadow over those staged in their wake. And since his untimely death in 1791, he remains an enigmatic figure—the subject of fascination for aficionados and novices alike.

Piero Melograni here offers a wholly readable account of Mozart’s remarkable life and times. This masterful biography proceeds from the young Mozart’s earliest years as a Wunderkind—the child prodigy who traveled with his family to perform concerts throughout Europe—to his formative years in Vienna, where he fully absorbed the artistic and intellectual spirit of the Enlightenment, to his deathbed, his unfinished Requiem, and the mystery that still surrounds his burial. Melograni’s deft use of Mozart’s letters throughout confers authority and vitality to his recounting, and his expertise brings Mozart’s eighteenth-century milieu evocatively to life. Written with a gifted historian’s flair for narrative and unencumbered by specialized analyses of Mozart’s music, Melograni’s is the most vivid and enjoyable biography available.

At a time when music lovers around the world are paying honor to Mozart and his legacy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be welcomed by his enthusiasts—or anyone wishing to peer into the mind of one of the greatest composers ever known.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: a biography

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Melograni, an Italian historian who writes principally on nonmusical topics of the 20th century, has made a valuable contribution to the crowded field of Mozart studies published this year, the 250th ...

Obsah

• The Rise and Decline of the Child Prodigy: 1
• Searching for a Post with His Father: 26
• In Search of a Permanent Post with His Mother: 69
• A Dicult Homecoming: 102
• Winning Freedom: 118
• Vienna Diculties and Successes: 160
• The Great Italian Operas: 192
• Mozarts Last Year: 228
• Epilogue Mozart Lives On: 249
• cited works of mozart by köchel number: 253
• note on the english translation: 261
• notes: 263
• bibliographical notes: 283
• index: 289

O tomto autorovi

Piero Melograni is the author of eighteen books, including Lenin and the Myth of World Revolution, and most recently La guerra degli italiani, 1940–1945. Lydia G. Cochrane has translated numerous works from Italian and French, including Luc Ferry’s What Is the Good Life?, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Bibliografické informácie

• Názov: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Biography
• Autor: Piero Melograni
• Preložil/a: Lydia G. Cochrane
• Vydanie: ilustrované
• Vydavateľ: University of Chicago Press, 2007
• Kód ISBN: 0226519562, 9780226519562
• Dĺžka: 300 strán (strany)