Mozart, Paul Johnson
Mozart, Paul Johnson
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Mozart
A Life

Author: Paul Johnson

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/14/2013

Synopsis

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 in a lifetime. Mozart' s gift and skill with instruments was also remarkable as he mastered all of them except the harp. For example, no sooner had the clarinet been invented and introduced than Mozart began playing and composing for it.

About Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is a historian whose work ranges over the millennia and the whole gamut of human activities. He regularly writes book reviews for several UK magazines and newspapers, such as the Literary Review and The Spectator, and he lectures around the world. He lives in London, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale

I've loved Mozart for many years and he continues to be one of my top favorite composers. His work has always struck a chord within me whether it be his concertos, operas, or symphonies. What I wanted to know more about, however, was his life. Hastily, I purchased a biography which seemed to get dec......more

Goodreads review by Douglas

This was a quick and enjoyable read. Mozart was a phenomenal genius, and this short book -- short just like Mozart's life -- gives a marvelous sense of that genius. For those who don't know much about Mozart's life, and don't know whether or not he was a founding member of the Dave Clark Five, this......more

Goodreads review by Leftbanker

I used to be a bigger fan of Mozart until I started playing piano again. I can only count a couple of his works among the things that I play. However, one piece that led me to begin learning how to play the piano the first time around was the middle, andante movement of his first piano sonata (Kv. 2......more

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