Mozart: A Life

by Paul Johnson

Book Overview

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," acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. Johnson s focus is on the music Mozart s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation. Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670026379
• ISBN13: 9780670026371
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher