MOZART

by W.J. Turner ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

A definitive scholarly life of Mozart, the musician, with much of the material drawn from his letters and other contemporaneous documents. There is no spark of the dramatist in the welding of these facts into a whole, but the book emerges as a sound study of the man and the musician, technical enough to satisfy the professional, popular enough for the layman. He traces the influences that came into his work, and in turn shows where he stood in his period. The letters themselves have a sly wit, an intimacy, and a human quality. A book for musicians and teachers first, but an admirable work for public libraries as well.

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Publisher: Knopf

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1938

Categories: NONFICTION