1889-1891 W. A. Mozart

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Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

German. Third edition. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, two plates, three facsimile folding plates to the rear, and numerous musical scores throughout the text. Volume two is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one plate, and numerous musical scores throughout the text. Collated complete. An exploration into the life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than eight hundred works, many of which are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoires. Written by Otto Jahn, a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. Edited by Hermann Deiters, a German writer and educator, noted for his writings on Ludwig van Beethoven.