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The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Volume 1

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Correspondence from Mozart's teens and early twenties, the first of two volumes Lady Wallace translated from Ludwig Nohl's German edition of the letters. It falls into four parts: the Italian tours and the years touching Vienna and Munich down to 1776; the job-hunting journey through Munich, Augsburg and Mannheim from September 1777 to March 1778; the Paris months from March 1778 to January 1779, the period in which his mother, travelling with him, fell ill and died in the city; and the Munich winter of 1780-81 given over to Idomeneo. Most of the letters go to his father Leopold, with others to his sister Nannerl and his mother. What survives the translation is the unguarded register: fees, unpaid patrons, and candid opinions of other musicians.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was born in Salzburg and toured the courts of Europe as a child performer under his father Leopold, a violinist and composer in the archbishop's service. He broke with Salzburg employment in 1781 and spent his final decade in Vienna working as a freelance composer, teacher and keyboard player.

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