For understanding his references to places and events, and provide linguistic details about the originals that would otherwise pass unnoticed.

The letters of one of the world’s greatest composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—seen variously as a child prodigy, musical genius, tragic Romantic artist, and

Mozart's remarkable life was well and richly documented in letters: his own and those concerning him written by others. This volume brings together a fascinatin

Eminent historian Paul Johnson dazzles with a rich, succinct portrait of Mozart and his music As he’s done in Napoleon, Churchill, Jesus, and Darwin, acclaime