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The story of Mozart during his time in Vienna, as seen through the eyes of his jealous rival, Antonio Salieri.

Comprehensive guide by all the best Mozart experts. Some biography, but mostly about his music.

Throughout his life, Mozart was inspired, fascinated, amused, aroused, hurt, disappointed and betrayed by women -- and he was equally complex to them. But, first and last, Mozart loved and respected women. His mother, his sister, his wife, her sisters, and his female patrons, friends, lovers and fellow artists all figure prominently in his life. And his experience, observation and understanding of women reappear, spectacularly, in the characters he...

Discusses Mozart's music as it follows his life. The book focuses on Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, The Haffner Serenade, Elvira Madigan, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, the Jupiter Symphony, The Magic Flute and the Requiem.

Draws on old maps contemporary drawings & paintings, portraits & other archive material to present an outline of Mozart's life and music set against the social and historical background of his time. Ends with an overview of his music.

Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.

Jack and Annie travel to Vienna, Austria, in 1762, where they meet the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister and help save the budding genius's life.

Mozart was the first composer whose operas have never left the international repertoire, and for many he remains one of the finest vocal composers who ever lived. In a sense, all of his music is vocal music, depending as it does on arresting, singable melodies, but in his great operas, single arias and sacred works, Mozart put his melodic gift to work, revealing the subtleties and expressive potential of a wide range of texts in languages ranging...