Exactly what it says on the tin
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My admission: for years I, an avowed classical music fan, have carried around the unspoken - indeed, unspeakable - burden of not quite getting Mozart. Bach, of course; Beethoven, certainly; Schubert, absolutely. But Mozart? The guilty secret that he wasn't going to appear on my Desert Island Discs list was something to 'fess up to only after the third therapy session. So, very many thanks to David Cairns for what for me has been a self-improvement guide par excellence. This book is a gem. The operas - tick! Insights and asides - tick! Readability - double tick!
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Essential reading
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For anyone who wants an introduction to Mozart and, more specifically, to his operas, it's hard to imagine a better place to start. David Cairns writes with intelligence, his research is excellent, and his love of the subject is obvious. You will learn a lot about the man, and even more about his operas. Highly recommended.
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