Synopses & Reviews
"Lets us climb into the mind of Mozart and look out at the world through his eyes" -- Andre Watts
Much ink has been shed over the life and times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, purportedly revealing the real human being behind the masterful music. Now, Mozart speaks for himself, in this tapestry of letters, documents, contemporary accounts, and insightful commentary. At once an intimate diary, a musical companion, and a revealing guide to the artistic tastes and intellectual fashions that profoundly affected Mozart's life, this book reveals that -- from sex to politics to music to God -- Mozart had something to say on almost every subject.
-- "It's the autobiography Mozart would have written -- if he had written one