Hermann Abert's classic biography, first published in German more than eighty years ago and itself based on the definitive mid-nineteenth century study by Otto Jahn, remains the most informed and substantial biography of Mozart in any language. The book is both the fullest account of the composer’s life and a

Books about La Clemenza Di Tito; Or, The Clemency of Titus

The first book to be devoted to Mozart's opera, La clemenza di Tito, with historical and critical analysis.

Die Mozart Studien, 1991 begründet, veröffentlichen Beiträge in deutscher, italienischer, französischer oder englischer Sprache. Im Mittelpunkt stehen wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zum Werk von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In 17 Essays werden neue Mozart-Quellen vorgestellt, so zur Oper "Idomeneo" oder der Arie "Basta vincesti" KV 295a, und analytische Fragen aufgeworfen, wenn Traditionen des

From his celebrated early childhood, Mozart has been caught up in myths: the superhuman prodigy, the adult who was still a child, the neglect, the pauper's grave. None of these myths are true, at least not at face value. Wolfgang Amadè Mozart is not primarily a myth-busting book, but in