Mozart was taken to Italy three times by his father in his early and mid-teens; already astonishingly accomplished as a thirteen-year-old, he drank in Italian opera like a thirsty man finding water in the desert. A brilliantly researched partial biography.
Mozart in Italy: Coming of Age in the Land of Opera
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Edition:Hardback978152905986105/10/2023From a Bookshelf nearby
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From C.P.E. Bach, Haydn and Romantic Sturm und Drang to Chopin, Berlioz and Wagner. Walsh's recent book on Debussy was excellent.
The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age
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In February 1938 Georg Klaar, a Jewish lad of seventeen, went to his first ball in Vienna, staying until the band's last waltz. A month later came the Anschluss. The ensuing years brought ch... read more
Last Waltz in Vienna
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Woodcutters
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Wittgenstein’s Nephew: A Friendship
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