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Mozart
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Peter Gay
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
August 29, 2006
Pages
177
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780143037736
ISBN-10
0143037730
Dimensions
0.75 by 5 by 7 in.
Weight
0.32 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The National Book Award-winning author of The Enlightenment chronicles the life and work of the great composer, from child prodigy to mature musical genius, and assesses his seminal influence on the history of Western music. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history
Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limit and every genre of classical music into new realms.
Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life. Mozart traces the development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limit and every genre of classical music into new realms.
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780670882380 | details & prices | 177 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Presents a biography of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer
About: Presents a biography of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Penguin USA (August 29, 2006)
9780143037736 | details & prices | 177 pages | 5.00 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.32 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Presents a biography of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer.
About: Presents a biography of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer.
from Random House Mondadori (October 30, 2001)
9788439706243 | details & prices | 216 pages | List price $16.95
New edition from Orion Pub Co (August 3, 2000)
9780753810736 | details & prices | 176 pages | List price $14.10
About: In this volume in the 'Lives' series, Peter Gay, author of the bestselling 'Freud: A Life For Our Time', presents his appreciation of the life and work of Mozart, revealing truths more fascinating than the myths that have long shrouded the maestro's life.
About: In this volume in the 'Lives' series, Peter Gay, author of the bestselling 'Freud: A Life For Our Time', presents his appreciation of the life and work of Mozart, revealing truths more fascinating than the myths that have long shrouded the maestro's life.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Alexander Adams |
Unabridged edition from Books on Tape (October 1, 2000)
9780736649445 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life.
About: A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life.
With Alexander Adams |
Unabridged edition from Books on Tape (November 1, 1999)
9780736648233 | details & prices | List price $32.00
About: A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life.
About: A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life.
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