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Highlights
- "Maynard Solomon writes with the grace of a novelist, the insight of a philosopher, and the precision of a detective.
- Author(s): Maynard Solomon
- 656 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Music
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About the Book
Based on the latest research, including Mozart family correspondence recently released, this fully illustrated and definitive portrait of one of the most revered yet enigmatic figures of all time reveals heretofore unknown facets of Mozart's complicated family background and explodes the myth of this musical genius as the "eternal child". Photos & musical pieces.Book Synopsis
"Maynard Solomon writes with the grace of a novelist, the insight of a philosopher, and the precision of a detective. We come to know Mozart personally, as a musical genius, but more than that, as a living, breathing, thinking person." --Yo-Yo Ma
Considered one of the most important music biographies ever written, esteemed biographer Maynard Solomon draws on a half-century of new information to provide an in-depth account of Mozart's family life, his passions, and his personality.
From the Back Cover
On the occasion of Mozart's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, read Maynard Solomon's Mozart: A Life, universally hailed as the Mozart biography of our time.
Review Quotes
"Brilliant." -- New York Times Book Review
"Clearly the Mozart biography for our time." -- Robert L. Marshall, Brandeis University
"I do not know a musician's biography as satisfying and as moving as this one." -- Edward W. Said, New Yorker
"Maynard Solomon writes with the grace of a novelist, the insight of a philosopher, and the precision of a detective. We come to know Mozart personally, as a musical genius, but more than that, as a living, breathing, thinking person." -- Yo-Yo Ma
"This biography is a compelling read, like a good novel. . . . Every facet of Mozart's life is here. . . . You may even weep, as I did, as you read this affecting account of his last days." -- John Amis, The Times (London)
"Maynard Solomon, in his extraordinary new study, Mozart: A Life, has gone much further than any of his predecessors in humanizing his subject. . . . A far more realistic Mozart of flesh and blood, where musical mastery was not a gift of the gods but the life's work of a man." -- Michael Walsh, Time magazine