Letters to Horseface by F.N. Monjo - 1975 1st Edition Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Description: Condition: Stated First Edition. Ex-library. First cover sheet has been removed as it probably held the library check out card. Otherwise in excellent condition. Please see photos. Summary: An epistolary narrative of the musical prodigy's first year in Italy, composed from his detail-laden letters to his younger sister Nannerl. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Journey to Italy 1769‐1770 When He Was a Boy of Fourteen. Review: “ ‘Letters to Horseface” carries an initial shock—at least, to a student of Mortirt's letters. One rapidly leafs through these pages, not paying much attention. Ah, yes, Mozart's letters to his sister while he was a boy on tour. Then one actually starts reading these letters, and they are not by Mozart at all. But they very well could be, and it is a tribute to F. N. Monjo's skill and sensitivity that he has carried off the Mozart style so accurately. He has followed the 14 year‐old Wolfgang and his father Leopold on their famous trip to Italy during 1769‐70 and has written a series of letters purporting to come from the young genius. The letters describe Wolfgang's reactions to the scenery, customs, people, life and music around him. In the process, we are given a lively and accurate picture of the young musician's mind. Fortunately, Monjo has a good deal of material on which to draw. The primary source materials are, of course, the actual Mozart letters, which have been the scholars’ bible ever since they started to be assembled (the three‐volume English translation by Emily Anderson came out in 1938), and which tell us more about Mozart than any biography has been able to do.” By Harold C. Schonberg Nov. 16, 1975. New York Times book review.

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