Mozart: The Golden Years
1781-1791
The 250th Anniversary Edition
H.C. Robbins Landon
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| ‘Telling the story with wit, verve and a fine eye for the by-ways of Viennese society ... this is a magnificently produced book’ | | – The Observer |
| ‘Scholarly yet richly enjoyable … if you want the story behind some of the greatest music ever composed, this is an ideal place to start’ | | – Classic FM Magazine |
The last decade of Mozart’s short but amazingly prolific career counts as one of the most remarkable periods – truly golden years – in the entire history of Western music.
Richly illustrated with contemporary paintings and engravings, 'Mozart: The Golden Years' provides a vivid account of the composer’s life in the European music capital, Vienna, from 1781–1791.
This creative yet turbulent decade witnessed a crescendo of activity. Mozart married Constanze Weber in 1782, and in the ensuing years produced an astonishing wealth of new music, rich in quality as well as quantity. A host of immortal works belong to this period, among them the great trilogy of symphonies (nos. 39–41), operatic masterpieces – The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute – and the Clarinet Concerto of 1791.
Through a close examination of Mozart’s public successes and failures, his relationship with his father Leopold, his devotion to his wife Constanze, his Masonic associations and his friendship with Joseph Haydn, H.C. Robbins Landon provides an intimate and eminently readable portrait of an extraordinary musical genius.
By the same author
1791: Mozart’s Last Year
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500512965 | | ISBN-13 978-0500512968 | | | | 25.5 x 19.0 cm | | PLC (no jacket) | | 272pp | | 215 illustrations, 32 in colour,and 27 musical examples | | First published 2006 | | | | £9.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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