The Mozart Compendium: A Guide to Mozart's Life and Music

by H.C. Robbins Landon (Editor)

Mozart authority H.C. Robbins Landon leads a team of more than 20 of the world's greatest Mozart scholars in an exploration that touches virtually every facet of the composers life--from the profound influence of his father, to his emotional attachment to his wife, even to his personal attitudes toward death. Two 8-page photograph inserts.

Genres: Music, Biography, History, Nonfiction, Reference

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1981

About the author

Howard Chandler Robbins Landon was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge body of neglected music by Haydn and in correcting misunderstandings about Mozart.

Reviews

[Ad · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful guide to the music and life of Mozart. I have been using this book for almost 3 decades.

[Argel Landeros · Rating 4 out of 5]

Outdated but still good…

[c]

got about halfway but realised there was no point as i’ll inevitably read more detailed stuff about all of this (?)

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

More information about Mozart than one can shake a stick at. Only for intermediate readers, as it can be a bit dry. It took awhile to read this book, lest Mozart starts running out of my ear. Still, I can imagine cracking this book for certain details.

[Tom Bouwman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A standard work in Mozartology. Landon is one of the best and well known Mozart-scholars of all time and his book offers a near complete picture of the composer. Verry detailed and well written. Should be on the shelve of every Mozart-lover.

[Michael Flick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indispensable for the Mozart fanatic (that would be me).