Mozart A Life

Name: Mozart A Life
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ISBN: 9780670026371

ISBN-10: 0670026379

ISBN-13: 9780670026371

Edition: 2013

Authors: Paul Johnson

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Eminent historian Paul Johnson dazzles with a rich, succinct portrait of Mozart and his musicAs he’s done in Napoleon, Churchill, Jesus, and Darwin, acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. Johnson’s focus is on the musicMozart’s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation.Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. Mozart’s gift and skill with instruments was also remarkable as he mastered all of them except the harp. For example, no sooner had the clarinet been invented and introduced than Mozart began playing and composing for it.In addition to his…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/14/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 170
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Paul Johnson lives in London.




The "Miracle" Prodigy



Master of Instruments



A Married Composing Machine



Mozart's Operatic Magic



A Good Life Fully Lived


Epilogue


Appendix: Mozart in London


Further Reading


Index