Mozart's Grace

by Scott Burnham

Book Overview

Aspects of beauty in the music of Mozart

It is a common article of faith that Mozart composed the most beautiful music we can know. But few of us ask why. Why does the beautiful in Mozart stand apart, as though untouched by human hands? At the same time, why does it inspire intimacy rather than distant admiration, love rather than awe? And how does Mozart's music create and sustain its buoyant and ever-renewable effects? In Mozart's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691009104
• ISBN13: 9780691009100
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"