The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Classics To Go
What was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart really like? Readers of his letters will find a composer at his most intimate and unguarded, expressing his feelings about life, love, music, and the world around him. This collection of 140 letters spans Mozart’s life from his youth through his journeys through Paris. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart make wonderful reading for anyone who has ever loved a work by the composer, from the deceptively simple "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" to the towering, magnificent "Requiem". (Amazon)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[a] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is among the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture".
