"Historian Francis Carr examines Mozart's life from the time he met and married Constanze, a marriage to which Mozart's father was positively hostile. Carr looks in detail at ...

Some figures have had such an impact on the history of the arts that they come to be seen as landmarks in their surroundings - others are judged by comparison with them, but ...

Mozart authority H.C. Robbins Landon leads a team of more than 20 of the world's greatest Mozart scholars in an exploration that touches virtually every facet of the composers ...

A noted music critic weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative which puts Mozart's operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole.

Renowned Mozart scholar Daniel Heartz brings his deep knowledge of social history, theater, and art to a study of the last and great decade of Mozart's operas. Mozart ...

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Written by one of the world's outstanding music historians and critics, the late Alfred Einstein, this classic study of Mozart's character and works brings to light many new ...