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34/100Scholars
Author:
Patrick Mackie
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
June 6, 2023
A biography of Mozart-his music, his life, and his legacy, by the poet Patrick Mackie.
What The Reviewers Say
Exemplary.
Erudite, ambitious and elegantly written.
He demonstrates persuasively—and passionately—how the nuances of a Mozart score don’t merely reflect but embody the central concerns of biography and history.
In addition to relying on letters and extant accounts for Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces, Mackie also incorporates academic theory and philosophical reflections on how we collectively experience music today into his thematically organized biography. The result is still a familiar portrait of Mozart, but one that is painted in new colors.
