Mozart: Letters Introduction by Lady Wallace

Name: Mozart: Letters Introduction by Lady Wallace
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ISBN: 9780307266255

ISBN-10: 0307266257

ISBN-13: 9780307266255

Edition: 2007

Authors: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Michael Rose, Peter Washington, Lady Wallace

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Mozart's remarkable life was well and richly documented in letters: his own and those concerning him written by others. This volume brings together a fascinating selection, giving us a detailed portrait of the composer's life and times. Here are letters to and from Mozart's domineering father, Leopold, the earliest of which, addressed to a friend, describes the six-year-old Mozart's accomplishments. There is also a letter sent to the Royal Society in London from one of its members describing an astonishing encounter with the eight-year-old prodigy. Here are letters from the adolescent Mozart to his mother and sister; adoring, protective missives to his wife; and, from his later years,…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 4.32" wide x 6.46" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

(1756-1791)

Michael Rose is a composer & writes frequently on classical music & opera. Most recently, he served as general editor of the Everyman-EMI "Music Companions". He lives in North London.

Peter Washington has edited several Pocket Poets, including Love Poems, Friendship Poems, Love Letters, and The Roman Poets.