Mozart and the Enlightment
Subtitle: Truth, Virtue and Beauty in Mozart's Operas
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: June 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780393313956
Subjects: Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Composers & musicians; History of ideas, intellectual history; c 1700 to c 1800; Biography & Autobiography; Music/Songbooks; Biography/Autobiography; Genres & Styles - Opera; Individual Composer & Musician; Music; Music-Genres & Styles - Opera; Composers & Musicians - General
First sentence: The Salzburg into which Mozart was born in 1756 was a small independent state sandwiched uncomfortably between Austria and Bavaria, ruled by a prince-archbishop.