Mozart in Paris
Duchazeau, Frantz2019
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In 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart leaves Salzburg for Paris. The French capital promises to liberate the 22-year-old from the suffocating grip of his father, and from a city that is unable to accommodate his genius. But there is no grand entrance for the former child prodigy. When Mozart arrives in Paris, he is cash-strapped, unknown and his French is poor. His mentor, the critic Baron von Grimm, introduces him to a number of Parisian nobles. But recognition is hard-won, and at times the French court appears indifferent to Mozart's talents and disapproving of his spontaneity. Tracing the composer's six-month stay in the city of lights, 'Mozart in Paris' dramatizes the confrontation between a sparkle-eyed genius and mundane reality.
Main title:
Mozart in Paris / Frantz Duchazeau.
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Imprint:
London : SelfMadeHero, 2019.London : SelfMadeHero, 2019.
Collation:
96 pages ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9781910593721 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
2243892