Mozart

Author: Sterling Professor of History Peter Gay (University of Yale)

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  • : 9780143037736
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  • : 27 August 2008
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Description

A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozartas unshakable hold on the publicas consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gayas concise and deft look at the geniusas life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limit and every genre of classical music into new realms.

Author description

Peter Gay is Sterling Professor of History, Emeritus, at Yale University, author of thirty-two widely respected books, and winner of the National Book Award for his definitive work on the Enlightenment.