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The Life Of Mozart

Catalogue No: 9780521587440
A biography of Mozart, placing his life within the history of his revolutionary age.
£22.99

John Rosselli


Mozart was not only an extraordinary musical genius but a man who lived through the great change from the old society to the modern one in which we still live, when people began to move from accepting the Christian scheme of things to standing alone, from letting themselves be ruled by parents and superiors to rebelling against them. He was himself one of the ‘new men’ of the age: his music gives voice to anxieties and consolations that are still ours. This book sets Mozart’s life within the history of an age plunging into revolution and European war. It probes his crucial relationships with his father and his wife but avoids guesswork. It studies - in depth though in non-technical language - characteristic examples of his music and asks what they can tell us about their author and ourselves.


Bibliographic Details


20 b/w illus.


Contents

  • Introduction: on the cusp
  • 1. Escape from the father
  • 2. The conflict with authority
  • 3. The eternal feminine
  • 4. Man of the theatre
  • 5. Mozart and God
  • 6. The last phase
  • 7. Requiem.
9780521587440

Specifications

Product Format
Book
Publication Date
28/04/1998
ISBN
9780521587440 (0521587441)
Language
English
Author
John Rosselli