Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) - Seen Variously As Child Prodigy, Musical Genius, Tragic Romantic Artist And Cultural Icon - Is Among The Most Written-about Of All Composers. This Landmark New Selection Of Letters Tells Mozart's Story Afresh Through His Correspondence. In Contrast To Many Earlier Editions, It Contains Not Only His Own, Sometimes Affectionate, Sometimes Fraught, Writings To Family, Friends And His Wife Constanze, But Also Many Of His Father Leopold's Regular Letters To His Son And Written Descriptions Of Mozart's Dazzling Court Recitals. Offering A Fascinating Insight Into His Compositions, Performances And Opinions Of Fellow Musicians, His Marriage, His Complex Relationship With His Father, And His Occasional Money Worries, These Letters Form A Revealing Portrait Of Both The Man And The Musician. Newly Translated To Preserve The Originals' Informal Style, Without Censoring Their Often Bawdy Humour, The Letters Are Arranged Chronologically, With Brief Linking Commentaries, To Let Mozart's Story Speak For Itself. This Edition Also Includes An Introduction Discussing Mozart's Life, Extensive Footnotes, A List Of Important People, Chronology And Further Reading.--jacket. Edited By Cliff Eisen ; Translated By Stewart Spencer. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Translated From The German.

A Life in Letters (Penguin Classics)

Correspondence

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Cliff Eisen; Stewart Spencer

edited by Cliff Eisen; translated by Stewart Spencer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791

Ladybird Books Ltd

Penguin Books Ltd

Penguin Classics

Penguin Books US

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

PENGUIN CLASSICS, LONDON, Unknown

Black classics, London, 2006

F First Edition Thus, 2007

Penguin Classics, PS, 2007

March 27, 2007

Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Translated from the German

"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) - seen variously as child prodigy, musical genius, tragic Romantic artist and cultural icon - is among the most written-about of all composers. This landmark new selection of letters tells Mozart's story afresh through his correspondence. In contrast to many earlier editions, it contains not only his own, sometimes affectionate, sometimes fraught, writings to family, friends and his wife Constanze, but also many of his father Leopold's regular letters to his son and written descriptions of Mozart's dazzling court recitals. Offering a fascinating insight into his compositions, performances and opinions of fellow musicians, his marriage, his complex relationship with his father, and his occasional money worries, these letters form a revealing portrait of both the man and the musician." "Newly translated to preserve the originals' informal style, without censoring their often bawdy humour, the letters are arranged chronologically, with brief linking commentaries, to let Mozart's story speak for itself. This edition also includes an introduction discussing Mozart's life, extensive footnotes, a list of important people, chronology and further reading."--BOOK JACKET