Why read The Letters of Mozart and His Family?

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Simon P. Keefe

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There are many editions of Mozart’s letters, translated into a number of languages. While Emily Anderson’s Mozart writes more properly and formally than the composer himself actually did, the great value of her book is that it is the most comprehensive among English editions.

It includes all of Mozart’s own letters interwoven with hundreds from his correspondents–above all father Leopold. The ebb and flow of so much of Mozart’s remarkable life is captured in the volume: his views on music, musicians, styles and aesthetics; his dealings with the practicalities of life, including in wide-ranging musical and non-musical interactions with his…

From Simon's list on The best books about Mozart’s life and music.