Mozartiana: Two Centuries of Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

By Joseph Solman

Book Overview

Mozartiana is a surprising, eccentric, and enchanting testament to the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Artist Joseph Solman has gathered opinions, remembrances, letters, and more-from Albert... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802776256
• ISBN13: 9780802776259
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Walker Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.6" x 0.7" x 4.9"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining

What can you say about a collection of quotes? It's entertaining and interesting to see what other people think about Mozart's work. Not something you'd sit down and read all the way through, but fun to leaf through from time to time.

Very nice little book.

Very nice to read about some famous people's opinions of Mozart. Especially interesting are the opinions of people closer to his time. Some of the reading was full of hot air and a little boring. "Too many words" to describe how they felt about Mozart. A nice book to have in your Mozart collection, if you can get it for just a few bucks. Four stars for the older recollections in the book.

If you like Mozart, you'll love this.

Short, pithy, collected quotes from a wide variety of writers, thinkers, and even musicians on Mozart. Easy to read, useful for collecting impressions from a wide range of authors. As an amatuer musician, I know it is true--Mozart is too easy for beginners, too hard for professionals. Should inspire casual readers to seek out other works on his life.