Description

This full and expert selection of Mozart's letters covers his entire life, from the years when he travelled with his father as a child prodigy, astonishing and winning acclaim in the most elect circles of Europe, to his last days, when, pressed for time and money, he would dash off brief notes to his wife assuring her of his love or long letters to friends and patrons asking for another loan. Mozart was a faithful correspondent, and many of his letters, especially to his father, are long, so that he unintentionally left behind an almost complete life-story. He filled his letters with detailed reports of both trivial and important events; observations about the people he met; comments on the receptions given his music; complaints about some of the influential people, like Archbishop Hieronymus, who persecuted him; acid, satirical remarks about dilettantes and incompetent professionals; and casual statements from one thoroughly professional musician to another (his father) about other composers, about pianoforte and organ playing, about singing, and even, occasionally, about his own methods of composition (though he was anything but a theorist).

Note alle condizioni del volume
Usato buone condizioni, leggerissime brunitre del tempo alle pagine, abrasioni ai margini della copertina. (T-CA)

Autore/i Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Editore Dover Publications Luogo New York
Anno 1972 Pagine 278
Dimensioni 14x22 (cm) Illustrazioni non illustrato - not illustrated
Legatura bross. ill. a colori - paperback Conservazione Usato buone condizioni - used good
Lingua Inglese - English text Peso 800 (gr)
ISBN 0486228592 EAN-13 9780486228594