{"product_id":"mozart-a-musical-biography-9780198163398","title":"Mozart: A Musical Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Konrad Kuster | Mary Whittall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough there are many accounts of Mozart's life, and countless descriptions and analyses of his music, this is the first attempt to portray Mozart's creative life as a composer. Küster selects forty works or groups of works covering virtually every important stage in Mozart's career, from the first keyboard works of the young \u003cem\u003eWunderkind\u003c\/em\u003e to Mozart's final days and the composition of the \u003cem\u003eRequiem\u003c\/em\u003e. Each chapter deals with the developments and events in the lives of the Mozarts as associated with or highlighted by a particular work or constellation of works. The bulk of the book--the is concerned with Mozart's life and compositions from his arrival in Vienna in 1781 to his death there some ten years later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on the tremendous advances in Mozart research over the last thirty years, and the publication of the New Mozart Edition, Küster's book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the creative development of the composer who represents for most musicians and music lovers the highest pinnacle of musical achievement.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614784143511,"sku":"9780198163398","price":13597.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198163398.webp?v=1775096298","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mozart-a-musical-biography-9780198163398","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}