Mozart, Kelly Mass
Mozart, Kelly Mass
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Mozart
His Life, His Death, and His Music for All Mankind

Author: Kelly Mass

Narrator: Chris Newman

Unabridged: 1 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Efalon Acies

Published: 01/18/2022


Synopsis

Many people have had the pleasure to listen to Mozart’s music. His legacy has lived on for more than two centuries. And although he only lived to be 35 years old, he has had a major impact on the classical music genre. From simple rebel to sheer genius, this intelligent composer has shown the world that despite all the odds, masterpieces and pure art can become a reality.Learn about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the composer and musician who wrote the “The Four Seasons” and traveled to Vienna, Amsterdam, Brussels, and all over Germany to lead violinists and others to create heavenly tunes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on August 03, 2021

This book took me the better part of 40 years to read because I knew enough about Mozart to know he died in poverty at the age of 35. And while I also knew that he was performing before kings, queens, and emperors by the age of 6, knowing that he was buried in a pauper's grave led me to believe his......more

Goodreads review by Terrol on August 08, 2014

While I really enjoyed this book, I have a sneaking suspicion that it played fast and loose with Mozart's life. The writer, in an effort, I suppose, to make it more true-to-life and perhaps more enjoyable reading, wrote this in kind of a novel-ish way, embellishing all kinds of situations with chara......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on January 13, 2015

Wow. What an incredible book. I could begin rereading immediately! that she wrote this in 1932 and was a person familiar with Europe, the languages, the places of Mozart's life, makes it even better. This book should be required reading for every student of Music. It is all-encompassing and leaves t......more

Goodreads review by Mary on October 21, 2018

I recently re-watched the film "Amadeus," one of my favorites which I hadn't seen in over a decade, and immediately wanted to read an "authentic" biography of Wolfgang Amade Mozart (as he signed himself). Davenport's book, c. 1932, is consequently written in an older style than modern readers are ac......more

Goodreads review by James on January 18, 2016

This book is a very good biography. I like it because it does not romanticize the rumors or imagined stories told about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Instead, it reports facts about his life and tells a more "black and white" story about how he grew and lived his life. I do not mean to say it ignores fac......more