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Synopsis

Edited, with an introduction and additional notes by christopher hogwood.

Item Description

8vo. 9.75 x 6.25 inches. xxxi +[iii] + 318 pp. Bound in quarter red cloth, gilt, over blue, with silhouette roundel. Facsimile musical notation endpapers. In red slipcase. A fine clean copy. Illustrated by 22 pages of black and white plates, including frontispiece and by musical notations in text. Decorated by title page vignette. In his timeless biography written long before the significance of Mozart's work was fully realised, the author reveals the musician's character and genius, his struggles, his influence on art, and the brilliant reputation that surrounded him. The first authentic narrative of the life of Mozart to appear in English, based upon his letters, exploring Mozart's work from the perspective as a cultured mind of the era (adapted from entry in Library Hub). Folio Society new edition of the first edition of 1845, by Edward Holmes (1797-1859), musicologist, critic and composer, who gathered material on his visit to Constanze Mozart in Salzburg in 1828. Edited by Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014), musicologist, musician and conductor, who founded the Academy of Ancient Music in 1973 and was appointed Professor of Music at Gresham College, London in 2014.