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    Mozart

    Written by Peter Gay

    Narrated by Alexander Adams

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    The greatest mind in Western music is examined by a National Book Award-winning writer on culture and psychology in this concise account of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The composer's unshakable hold on the public's fascination can only be strengthened by the historian and biographer Peter Gay's bold new perspective.

    His passionate and painstaking research reveals truths more fascinating than the myths that have long shrouded the maestro's life. Here is the archetypal child prodigy whose genius triumphed over early precociousness and who later broke away from a loving but tyrannical father to pursue his vision unhampered. This is the perfect biography for anyone who has ever wanted to know about Mozart but does not want to dig through massive tomes.

    "[A] stunning portrait of the disparate sides of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."-New York Times Book Review

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateDec 21, 1999
    ISBN9781415910573
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      This was a solid, if short, biography of the composer Mozart. It clarified several common misconceptions about the composer and his life – for example, though he went through a period when he was frequently looking to borrow money, most of his money troubles stemmed from a certain inability to economize, and he did not die a pauper. It explores his relationship with his father, his life as a freemason, and other interesting subjects. It also looks at his compositions in broad outline.

      The main thing that bothered me about this production was that random partial words and other bits of sound kept popping up between paragraphs as if it was recorded over a previous recording that was never fully erased.