Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : a biography /

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : a biography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Melograni, Piero.
Uniform title:	WAM. English
Edition:	Paperback edition.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Description:	xv, 300 pages, [8] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791. Composers -- Austria -- Biography. Composers. Austria. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7701724

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Varying Form of Title:	Mozart : a biography
Other authors / contributors:	Cochrane, Lydia G., translator.
ISBN:	0226519619 9780226519616
Notes:	"Originally published as WAM : la vita e il tempo di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ©2003, Gius. Laterza & Figli"--Title page verso. Reprint. English edition first published in hardback in 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the Italian.
Summary:	A comprehensive biography of eighteenth-century Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that chronicles his life, his music, and the mystery concerning his death and burial.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Prologue: June 1765: In a London Tavern
Chapter 1. 1756-1767: The Rise and Decline of the Child Prodigy
Chapter 2. 1767-1777: Searching for a Post with His Father
Chapter 3. 1777-1778: In Search of a Permanent Post with His Mother
Chapter 4. 1778-1780: A Difficult Homecoming
Chapter 5. 1780-1782: Winning Freedom
Chapter 6. 1782-1786: Vienna: Difficulties and Successes
Chapter 7. 1786-1790: The Great Italian Operas
Chapter 8. 1791: Mozart's Last Year
Epilogue: Mozart Lives On
Cited Works of Mozart
Note on the English Translation
Notes
Bibliographical Notes
Index