"Mozart's honesty, his awareness of his own genius and his contempt for authority all shine out from these letters." Sunday Times (London). " In Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life, Robert Spaethling presents "Mozart in all the rawness of his driving energies" (Spectator), preserved in the "zany, often angry effervescence" of his writing (Observer). Where other translators have ignored Mozart's atrocious spelling and tempered his foul language, "Robert Spaethling's new translations are lively and racy, and do justice to Mozart's restlessly inventive mind" (Daily Mail). Carefully selected and...
"Mozart's honesty, his awareness of his own genius and his contempt for authority all shine out from these letters." Sunday Times (London). " In Mozar...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Friedrich Kerst Henry Krehbiel
Mozart's adult life was an almost unbroken succession of artistic triumphs and personal disappointments. This collection of excerpts from his letters and from other writings offers a unique opportunity for firsthand insights into the great composer's life and personality. In his own words (as compiled by Friedrich Kerst and translated into English by Henry Edward Krehbiel), Mozart communicates his optimisms and anticipations, his recurrent hopes for a post with a fixed income and suitable prestige; his frequent discouragements when these hopes went unfulfilled and pecuniary difficulties...
Mozart's adult life was an almost unbroken succession of artistic triumphs and personal disappointments. This collection of excerpts from his letters ...
Mozart's beloved comic romp, reprinted from a late (C. F. Peters, 1941) edition, which preserves Mozart's autograph manuscript and early translations of the libretto and includes passages that are often cut in other editions.
Mozart's beloved comic romp, reprinted from a late (C. F. Peters, 1941) edition, which preserves Mozart's autograph manuscript and early translations ...
Mozart composed three of his greatest operas in collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The librettos of these brilliant works are presented here in a format opera enthusiasts will love: excellent line-for-line English translations on pages facing the Italian text. The translators have attempted to present the three operas "as readably and as dramatically as possible, finding the natural or colloquial English phrase" to convey the essential spirit of each work. The result is a handy, readable reference ideal for following a recorded performance or to refresh one's memory...
Mozart composed three of his greatest operas in collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The librettos of these brilliant works are pres...
Chill out with two collections of beautiful tranquil music. First listen to the best-selling CD from Naxos containing some of the most beautiful Mozart music, then play some of the most beautiful movements including 'First movement from Sonata in C (K. 545)', 'Rondo alla Turca from Sonata in A (K. 331)' and 'Adagio in B minor (K. 540)'. Titles for solo piano: Sonata in C: Allegro (K. 545) * Minuet in D (K. 355) * Sonata in C: Andante cantabile (K. 330) * Adagio in B minor (K. 540) * Sonata in G: Andante (K. 283) * Sonata in D: Adagio (K. 576) * Fantasia in D minor (K. 397).
Chill out with two collections of beautiful tranquil music. First listen to the best-selling CD from Naxos containing some of the most beautiful Mozar...
This is the famous Turkish Rondo from Mozart's 11th Piano Sonata, and this edition by Willard Palmer includes helpful technical performance footnotes.
This is the famous Turkish Rondo from Mozart's 11th Piano Sonata, and this edition by Willard Palmer includes helpful technical performance footnotes....
This scholarly edition by Maurice Hinson of Mozart's famous theme and variations on the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star includes historic material, performance suggestions, and other helpful information.
This scholarly edition by Maurice Hinson of Mozart's famous theme and variations on the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star includes historic materi...