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Mozart: A Life in Letters
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Mozart: A Life in Letters
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Edited by Cliff Eisen
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Translated by Stewart Spencer
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:688 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Bands, groups and musicians |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780141441467
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| Classifications | Dewey:780.92 |
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Publishing Details |
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Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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| Publication Date |
26 October 2006 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
New to Black Classics A selection of Mozart's letters, translated into English, complete with notes, linking commentary and chronology.
Author Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Austrian composer, widely recognised as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. Among his most famous works, with Lorenzo da Ponte as librettist: Le nozze di Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787) Cosi fan tutte (1790), Die Zauberflote (1791), La clemenza di Tito (1791). Cliff Eisen has published extensively on the life and works of W. A. Mozart, including the New Grove 'Mozart', the edited volumes Mozart Studies (Oxford University Press, 1991), Mozart Studies 2 (Oxford University Press, 1997) and New Mozart Documents (London, 1991). He is general editor of the forthcoming Oxford Companion to Mozart. Stewart Spencer is an authority on German literature and an editor of the journal of the Wagner Society. Barry Millington is the author of the highly acclaimed Master Musicians: Wagner and editor of The Wagner Compendium.
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