Mozart Author:Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Marion Faber (Translator) As close to a definitive biography as we are likely to get, this is a new, unromantic study of one of the most perennially popular composers of all time. Wolfgang Hildesheimer demythologizes Mozart, revealing him as a flawed and puzzling human being but a matchless artist. — "There is an astonishing abundance of persuasive insight in the cha... more »racter-analyses Hildesheimer draws from the music, and particularly in what he finds in the opera characters as they relate to Mozart himself.... The sections on other stage works are similarly provocative, similarly original and similarly intriguing, all valuable." - The Washington Post Book World
"Successfully strips the many layers of romantic veneer that have accrued since the composer's death.... Hildesheimer moves him as clearly into view as possible by sifting through the composer's many letters and carefully weighing and often discarding reports by acquaintances, friends and family." - The Wall Street Journal« less