Book description
A Stanford University Press classic.
Why read it?
1 author picked Mozart as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The reception of Mozart’s life and works captures our collective fascination with him. Deutsch’s Documentary Biography is a foundational volume in this area. It primarily comprises documents about Mozart published during his lifetime (and shortly after his death on 5 December 1791), detailing among other things his status as a child prodigy, the evolving reputation of his instrumental and vocal works, and crazes for his music in the 1780s.
Rather than a single authorial voice emerging as is standard in biographical work, many voices convey similar and different views of the activities and achievements in Mozart’s remarkable career.
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