A biography is a history of a person placed into setting. This account of Mozart goes further. Kerst & Krehbiel take a number of points of interest such as Musical performances self respect,... More > love, friendship and suffering, then explores these concepts using Mozart’s own thoughts and words from his collected letters to find the man behind the myth. This collection is essential to anyone who has a love of Mozart’s music and who wants to understand it, and just who Mozart was.< Less
A biography is a history of a person placed into setting. This account of Mozart goes further. Kerst & Krehbiel take a number of points of interest such as Musical performances self respect,... More > love, friendship and suffering, then explores these concepts using Mozart’s own thoughts and words from his collected letters to find the man behind the myth. This collection is essential to anyone who has a love of Mozart’s music and who wants to understand it, and just who Mozart was.< Less
Mozart the child prodigy was used to travel. He was used to staying in great houses. He traveled pre revolution Europe. In this collection of his letters Mozart’s wit sparkles as did his music.... More > He writes of concerts people events and the day to day life of a traveling musician. These letters not only give an insight to his music they open up hidden parts of European history.< Less
Mozart the child prodigy was used to travel. He was used to staying in great houses. He traveled pre revolution Europe. In this collection of his letters Mozart’s wit sparkles as did his music.... More > He writes of concerts people events and the day to day life of a traveling musician. These letters not only give an insight to his music they open up hidden parts of European history.< Less
On a grand, flamboyant scale, Mozart struggled with the same big questions that await every artist: Where does my creativity come from? Am I loved? Is my art loved? What will happen if I give... More > everything I’ve got? Mozart’s life holds a lesson for all of us: There’s only one way to find out what will happen if you pull out all the stops. Get to know the man behind the music through the eyes of Aloysia Weber, the woman who broke his heart and sang his music.< Less
The Attwood papers recently entered the public domain, having been acquired by the British Library. This is fitting, for they constitute a kind of national monument -a vital force that has made... More > itself felt upon English Musical Thought and training for nearly two centuries. Ever since Attwood brought them back from his period of study with Mozart in Vienna in 1785-7 they have been used repeatedly for teaching purposes, and handed on with reverence from master to disciple. A selection of the original examples are available here to download. (The complete original document will be also be available here soon). < Less
