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Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Selected and edited by Hans Mersmann

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Author(s)	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Editor	Dover Publications	Place	New York
Year	1972	Pages	278
Measure	14x22 (cm)	Illustration	non illustrato - not illustrated
Binding	bross. ill. a colori - paperback	Conservazione	Usato buone condizioni - used good
Language	Inglese - English text	Weight	800 (gr)
ISBN	0486228592	EAN-13	9780486228594
price	18.08 €	discount	55%
discount price	8.14 €

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This full and expert selection of Mozart's letters covers his entire life, from the years when he travelled with his father as a child prodigy, astonishing and winning acclaim in the most elect circles of Europe, to his last days, when, pressed for time and money, he would dash off brief notes to his wife assuring her of his love or long letters to friends and patrons asking for another loan. Mozart was a faithful correspondent, and many of his letters, especially to his father, are long, so that he unintentionally left behind an almost complete life-story. He filled his letters with detailed reports of both trivial and important events; observations about the people he met; comments on the receptions given his music; complaints about some of the influential people, like Archbishop Hieronymus, who persecuted him; acid, satirical remarks about dilettantes and incompetent professionals; and casual statements from one thoroughly professional musician to another (his father) about other composers, about pianoforte and organ playing, about singing, and even, occasionally, about his own methods of composition (though he was anything but a theorist).