Mozart: A Cultural Biography
by Robert W. Gutman
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Author: Robert W. GutmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11-02
ISBN: 0156011719
Number of pages: 864
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: A comprehensive biography by an incomprehensible writer
Summary: 3 Stars
The story is superb and told in minute detail. However, I don't like books in which the writer often seems to be more intent on displaying his own scholarship and range of vocabulary than on informing the reader. Unfortunately, this is the case with this book - it reads like a thesis and not like a biography. Admiteddly, it will tell you all you need to know about Mozart but you are likely to need a thesaurus at hand.
If you are into Mozart but want something more accessible, I'd recommend Mozart: a Life by Maynard Solomon. Gutman's book is more informative, but far more verbose and inaccessible. Gutman is quite unlike Peter Gay, Hobsbwam, Richard Ellmann in the sense that his text does not share a characteristic of fludity displayed by these writers. To sum up: only buy this book if you are truly interested in the story AND motivated enough to struggle through its 700-odd pages.
Well, come to think of it, I've never learned so many new words from a single book...
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