Mozart is the archetypal child prodigy whose genius triumphed over early precociousness, and who later broke away from a loving but tyrannical father to pursue his vision unhampered. Peter Gay's volume traces the legendary development of the man whose life was a whirlwind of achievement, and the composer who pushed every instrument to its limits and every genre - especially opera - into new realms. This biography is also a meditation on the nature of genius.
- ISBN10 0670882380
- ISBN13 9780670882380
- Publish Date 4 March 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 January 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Addison Wesley
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English