The Life Of Mozart: Including His Correspondence
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few biographies capture the blazing genius and tragic brevity of a musical life with the intimacy and insight of Edward Holmes's The Life of Mozart Including His Correspondence — a landmark work first published in 1845 that remains one of the most eloquent portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ever committed to print. Holmes, a distinguished English music critic and close associate of Keats, chronicles Mozart's extraordinary journey from child prodigy touring the courts of Europe to the composer of transcendent masterpieces such as Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, and the unfinished Requiem, weaving the composer's own letters throughout the narrative to create an unparalleled sense of immediacy and intimacy. Edited with a scholarly introduction and additional notes by the eminent harpsichordist and conductor Christopher Hogwood, this Folio Society edition brings renewed authority and historical context to Holmes's classic text, situating Mozart's life and legacy within the broader sweep of the Classical period. Holmes writes with a passionate, almost devotional fervour that reflects the Romantic era's reverence for artistic genius, his prose as lyrical and carefully structured as the music he so lovingly describes. For the reader who wishes to truly understand the man behind the myth — the struggles, the triumphs, and the inexhaustible creative spirit — this volume presents an irreplaceable window into one of history's most extraordinary minds.
Author: Edward Holmes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1994, The Folio Society
Genre: Biography
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few biographies capture the blazing genius and tragic brevity of a musical life with the intimacy and insight of Edward Holmes's The Life of Mozart Including His Correspondence — a landmark work first published in 1845 that remains one of the most eloquent portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ever committed to print. Holmes, a distinguished English music critic and close associate of Keats, chronicles Mozart's extraordinary journey from child prodigy touring the courts of Europe to the composer of transcendent masterpieces such as Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, and the unfinished Requiem, weaving the composer's own letters throughout the narrative to create an unparalleled sense of immediacy and intimacy. Edited with a scholarly introduction and additional notes by the eminent harpsichordist and conductor Christopher Hogwood, this Folio Society edition brings renewed authority and historical context to Holmes's classic text, situating Mozart's life and legacy within the broader sweep of the Classical period. Holmes writes with a passionate, almost devotional fervour that reflects the Romantic era's reverence for artistic genius, his prose as lyrical and carefully structured as the music he so lovingly describes. For the reader who wishes to truly understand the man behind the myth — the struggles, the triumphs, and the inexhaustible creative spirit — this volume presents an irreplaceable window into one of history's most extraordinary minds.