#39You donrsquot have to be able to hum Mozart to find this book utterly engrossing . . . I couldnrsquot put it down#39 Joanna LumleyAt thirteen years old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who had captured the hearts of northern Europe, but his father Leopold was now determined to conquer Italy. Together, they made three visits there the last when Mozart was seventeen, all vividly recounted here by acclaimed conductor Jane Glover.Father and son travelled from the theatres and concert salons of Milan to the churchfilled streets of Rome to Naples, poorer and more dangerous than the prosperous north, and to Venice, the birthplace of public opera.All the while Mozart was absorbing Italian culture, language, style and art, and honed his craft. He met the challenge of writing Italian opera for Italian singers and audiences and provoked a variety of responses, from triumph and admiration to intrigue and hostility in a way, these Italian years can be seen as a microcosm of his whole life.Evocative, beautifully written and with a profound understanding of eighteenthcentury classical music, Mozart in Italy reveals how what he experienced during these Italian journeys changed Mozart ndash and his music ndash for ever.

Binding: Paperback;288 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: AVGC4; Weight: 348 g; Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 18

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