Mozart: An Introduction to the Music, the Man, and the MythsThis text explores in detail 20 of Mozart's major works in the context of his tragically brief life and the turbulent times in which he lived. The book offers extensive biographical and historical background along with guided study of compositions representing every genre of 18th-century music. |
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