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Mozart

by Wolfgang Hildesheimer · 1977

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In this definitive biography, Wolfgang Hildesheimer demythologizes Mozart, revealing him as a flawed and puzzling human being, but a matchless artist. Hildesheimer's fresh approach to the music itself, his telling quotations from Mozart's letters (Mozart was one of the greatest and most outrageous of letter writers), and his sympathetic but unsentimental insights make this a remarkably readable portrait of one of the most popular composers of all time.

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AustriaAustriaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 408 pages

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