Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
BIOGRAPHIES OF MUSICIANS.
Life of Mozart
BY
LOUIS NOHL
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
BY
JOHN J. LALOR.
“Man’s title to nobility is the heart.”
CHICAGO:
JANSEN, McCLURG, & COMPANY.
1880.
COPYRIGHT,
Jansen, McClurg & Company.
A. D. 1880.
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED
BY
THE CHICAGO LEGAL NEWS COMPANY.
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE.
Mr. Louis Nohl, the author of the present littlevolume, has merited for himself in Germany a highreputation as a writer of the biographies of musicians,and some of his larger works have appearedin English on the other side of the Atlantic. Thepresent is the first translation into our language ofhis shorter Life of Mozart. It will, we trust, proveacceptable to those who desire to learn the chiefevents in the life of the great composer, to see howhis life influenced his compositions, and how hisgreat works are, in many instances at least, the expressionof his own joys and sorrows, the pictureof his own soul in tones.
The translator’s grateful acknowledgments aredue to Mr. A. W. Dohn, of Chicago, who was kindenough to compare the entire translation with theoriginal. His thorough knowledge of music andGerman, no less than his rare familiarity with theEnglish language, have largely contributed to thefidelity of this translation.
J. J. L.
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CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| CHILDHOOD AND EARLY TRAVELS. | |
| Mozart’s Parentage—Early Development of his Genius—Character as aChild—Travels at the Age of Six—Received by Maria Theresa andMarie Antoinette—Mozart and Goethe—Meeting with Madame dePompadour—The London Bach’s Opinion of Young Mozart—Askedto Write an Opera by Joseph II—Assailed by Envy—Padre Martini—NotesDown the Celebrated Miserere from Ear—The Pope Confers onhim the Order of the Golden Spurs—A Member of the PhilharmonicSociety of Bologna—First Love—Personal Appearance—Troubleswith the Archbishop, | 7-41 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE GREAT PARISIAN ARTISTIC JOURNEY. | |
| Disgusted with Salzburg—In Vienna Again—Salzburg Society—Characterof Musicians in the Last Century—Jerome Colloredo, Archbishop ofSalzburg—Mozart’s Letter to Him—The Father’s Sol ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |