Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Letters

selected and edited by Hans Mersmann
ISBN: 9780486228594
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Page: 278
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2016
Format: Book
Publisher: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
Language: English

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Mozart was a faithful correspondent, and this full and expert collection of more than 100 letters covers his brief and tumultuous life, from the years when the child prodigy astonished the courts of Europe to his final days, when he wrote loving notes to his wife and long, money-seeking letters to friends and patrons. The letters abound in both trivial and important events: observations about the people he met; comments on the reactions to his music; satirical remarks about dilettantes and incompetent professionals; and thoughts on other composers, pianoforte and organ playing, singing, and his own methods of composition. Mozart’s letters are interspersed in this edition with a generous selection of letters from his father. This two-sided, voluminous correspondence shows the close and sometimes conflicting relationship between father and son.

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