Books by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Letters of Mozart and His Family
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
These are Mozart’s complete letters, with selected replies from his father and sister, and occasionally his friends, or his wife… They give a wonderful picture of real, everyday life in the 18th century. His letters are extremely playful and comic, and they also show the amazing development of somebody from a performing monkey to one of the greatest musicians who has ever lived.
Interviews where books by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were recommended
The best books on The Lives of Classical Composers, recommended by Giles Swayne
From Bach to Stravinsky, British composer Giles Swayne discusses the most insightful books for getting to know the real lives of classical composers. “You can have people who are really extremely mediocre with huge careers, and people who are wonderfully good but don’t have wonderful careers. Bach was one of those.”
