Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music - Couverture souple

Glover, Jane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060563516 ISBN 13 : 9780060563516

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2006

Synopsis

Mozart's Women The compelling story of the women in Mozart's life and in his operas is published in time for the 250th anniversary of his birthday in January. Rich and evocative, it illuminates the music and the man, but, above all, the women who inspired him. Full description

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jane Glover is one of our preeminent conductors and an expert on Mozart. She studied music at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, and subsequently completed her doctorate on seventeenth-century Venetian opera. She is Music Director of Chicago's Music of the Baroque and conducts regularly with the Chicago Opera Theater. In addition to the New York City Opera, she has conducted at all the major symphony and chamber orchestras in Britain -- at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the English National Opera and Glyndebourne -- and appears regularly at the BBC Proms. She works extensively in the United States, Europe and Australia. She is also a regular broadcaster, with highlights that include a television series on Mozart and the radio series Opera House. She received the honor of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2003.

Revue de presse :

“Beautifully written and scholarly without seeming so.” (Dame Felicity Lott)

“It is Jane Glover’s great gift to show how the women surrounding Mozart...all influenced him.” (Judith Flanders)

“Jane Glover has pulled off a coup des livres with her fresh take on Mozart’s life and work.” (John Allison, Sunday Telegraph)

“Impossible to read Mozart’s Women without being deeply touched by what it reveals of the people closest to the composer.” (The Independent)

“a heartfelt and original portrait...[from] one of the world’s finest musical interpreters of Mozart.” (The Observer)

“Rich, evocative, compellingly readable, Mozart’s Women illuminates the music and the man, but above all, the women who inspired him.” (ClassicFM Newsnight)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060563516
• ISBN 13: 9780060563516
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432