Mozart

The Man Revealed

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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DISCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WORLD’S MOST-LOVED COMPOSERMusical history is full of tormented geniuses, tortured despite– or because of – their enormous talent. Yet perhaps the greatest musicalvirtuoso the world has ever known cannot be counted among them. Though he facedgreat hardships, Mozart was surely the happiest composer who ever lived.In Mozart: The Man Revealed, John Suchet breathes newlife into the story of the ‘boy genius’, revealing a complex character, yet onewho always remained comfortable with himself and at ease with his gift. Hismusical legacy may be immortal, but the man behind the music was gloriouslyhuman.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-01-21
Mått129 x 198 x 29 mm
Vikt334 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagElliott & Thompson Limited
ISBN9781783965816

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John Suchet presents the evening concert programme on Classic FM, the UK’s most popular classical music station. Before turning to classical music, John was one of the UK's best-known television journalists and newscasters, regularly presenting ITN's flagship News at Ten, as well as all other bulletins, over a period of nearly 20 years. John has been honoured for both roles. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Beethoven: The Man Revealed (2012) and The Last Waltz: The Story of the Strauss Dynasty and Vienna (2015), and most recently, Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed (2018).

ContentsPreface xiii Prologue xv1 The Handsomest Couple in Salzburg 1 2 The Little Wizard14 3 The Grand Tour 28 4 Prodigies of Nature43 5 He Is Skin and Bone55 6 Wolfgangganggangerl67 7 Chevalier de Mozart81 8 Ass-Bumping inVenice 95 9 Bravissimo Maestro!108 10 Gnagflow Trazom12111 There Is NoVacancy 133 12 Wolfgang AmadéRosenkranz 147 13 Off with You toParis! 155 14 My Dear DepartedMother 165 15 Unlucky in Love18116 A Kick in the Backside 198 17 An Honest andVirtuous Wife 210 18 Return to Salzburg225 19 Paternal Pride 24020 Womaniser,Criminal and Genius with Words 253 21 The Final, andGreatest, Symphonies 268 22 A Stranger Knocks285 23 The Taste of Deathon My Tongue 297Afterword 309 Postscript 315 Acknowledgements 317 Notes 319 Index 323About Classic FM 331 About the Author 33