Anonymer Nutzer: Another "life in letters" selection, less comprehensive (only Mozart's letters) and less readable (spelling inconsistancies preserved), but worth having for the few Mozart letters excluded from the Penguin Classics volume.

Anonymer Nutzer: Excellent selection of letters, almost exclusively by Mozart and his father, that cover the whole life of the great composer. Fine editorial work by Cliff Eisen (introduction, footnotes, appendices, linking biographical notes). Very readable and revealing, not to mention illuminating about the massive and meticulous research which David Weiss must have done for his novel.… (mehr)