Mozart: A Life
By (Author) Peter Gay
Penguin Putnam Inc
The Penguin Press
29th August 2006
United States
General
Non Fiction
Music reviews and criticism
B
Paperback
192
Width 128mm, Height 182mm, Spine 13mm
147g
A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's 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.
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.