On Mozart

A collection of essays which explore Mozart from various perspectives, suggesting the complexity of his character and his achievement.

This collection of essays, first published in 1995, suggests how much more complicated a figure Mozart was than legend and the media would have us believe. By observing a realistic and human genius, the book portrays a more complex individual than the divinely inspired Mozart of myth, who took his notes directly from God.The book, first published in 1995, is an attempt to suggest how much more complicated a figure Mozart was than popular legends and media portrayals would have us believe. He was surely a genius - in that, the legends are correct, and the evidence abounds - but he was also a working composer in a society crowded with working composers, and he had to make a living at his craft to maintain the style of living to which he and his family had become accustomed. By observing a realistic and human genius, the collection of essays portrays a more complex individual than the divinely inspired Mozart of myth, who took his notes directly from God.