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Mozart

A Life

Mozart( )
Author: Solomon, Maynard
ISBN:978-0-06-092692-2
Publication Date:Feb 1996
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $22.00
Book Description:

In this first full-scale biography since the 1950s, esteemed biographer Maynard Solomon draws on a half-century of new information to provide an in-depth account of Mozart's family life, his passions, and his personality.

Book Details
Pages:656
Detailed Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Classical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.11 x 8.11 x 1.11 Inches
Book Weight:2 Pounds
Author Biography
Solomon, Maynard (Author)
Maynard Elliott Solomon was a musicologist and record producer. He was born on January 5, 1930 in Manhattan. His family later moved to Brooklyn. When he was young, he worked in his father's art supply store. He played the piano and studied the cello. In 1950, he earned a BA from Brooklyn College, CUNY. He pursued his graduate studies at Columbia University, 1950-1952. Also, in 1950, he co-founded Vanguard Records with his brother, Seymour Solomon. It was an influential label for not only classical music but folk and blues music as well. He is best known for his biographies of the classical composers, Beethoven, Mozart, and an article on Schubert. His works include, Beethoven (1973); Marxism and Art (1973); Beethoven Essays (1988); Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini (1989) (a research article in the book, 19th-Century Music); Mozart: A Life (1993); and Late Beethoven: Music, Thought, Imagination (2004). Maynard Solomon died on September 28. 2020 in Manhattan at the age of 90.

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