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Overview
A child prodigy, Austrian born Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composing for the harpsicord at five. By twenty, he was the most exciting composer in Europe, bringing innovation and brilliance to every musical genre. Yet his life was brief and tragic. Far ahead of his time, he left a legacy of six hundred extraordinary works.Examines the life of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer, from his acclaim as a child prodigy through his prolific musical career to his early death in 1791 at age thirty-five.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 5-7First published in Britain, these two slim overviews of the composers' lives have visually interesting page layouts with plenty of full-color drawings, photographs, and engravings to catch readers' eyes. Sidebars give additional details on people, historical events, and artistic movements mentioned in the text. While the highly attractive presentations might lift these titles from being strictly report fodder to the level of general interest, the narratives are not easy reading. The historical references and vocabulary make them appropriate for an older audience than the 32-page format might suggest. Of the two, Introducing Mozart is the more compelling. The "divine boy" is a far more fascinating figure than the pious Bach. While both books place their subjects in context of their times and make a case for their stature and continued relevance in a modern world, readers with the sophistication to handle these introductions will want more substantive treatments.Tim Wadham, Dallas Public Library, TXBook Details
Published
September 15, 2000
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pages
32
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780791060414