Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life

Informationen zum Autor Robert Spaethling is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Massachusetts, and is the author of several books on Mozart, including Music and Mozart in the Life of Goethe . He was raised in the Bavarian town of Weissenstadt, whose local dialect resembles that of Mozart's Salzburg. Klappentext What was Mozart really like? Wild? Sublime? Responsible? Fun-loving? Bright? Foul-mouthed? Reading these sparkling new translations of Mozart's letters, we learn in his own words that he was all of these and much more. Here is the composer at his most intimate and unguarded, expressing his feelings about life, love, music and the world around him. Zusammenfassung What was Mozart really like? Wild? Sublime? Responsible? Fun-loving? Bright? Foul-mouthed? Reading these sparkling new translations of Mozart's letters! we learn in his own words that he was all of these and much more. Here is the composer at his most intimate and unguarded! expressing his feelings about life! love! music and the world around him.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Professor Robert Spaethling, Robert Spaethling
• Assisted by: Rober Spaethling (Editor), Robert Spaethling (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2004
• EAN: 9780571222926
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22292-6
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Diaries, letters & journals, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Composers and songwriters, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Classical style, Composers; Letters, Art music, orchestral and formal music