Mozart by Paul Johnson6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() In addition to his many insights into Mozart’s music, Johnson also challenges the many myths that have followed Mozart, including those about the composer’s health, wealth, religion, and relationships. For example, no sooner had the clarinet been invented and introduced than Mozart began playing and composing for it. Mozart’s gift and skill with instruments was also remarkable as he mastered all of them except the harp. Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. Johnson’s focus is on the music-Mozart’s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation. Eminent historian Paul Johnson dazzles with a rich, succinct portrait of Mozart and his musicĪs he’s done in Napoleon, Churchill, Jesus, and Darwin, acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. ![]()
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