1791: Mozart's Last Year
H.C. Robbins Landon
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| ‘Towering musicality amongst living musicologists, perhaps the most musical’ | | — Hans Keller |
| ‘A gesture of heartfelt love’ | | — The Sunday Telegraph |
| ‘Confidently disposes of myth and substitutes truth that is, quite properly, stranger’ | | — The Times |
| ‘A poignant, stimulating book … rich in insights … Robbins Landon’s love for his subject glows quietly through every page’ | | — Classical Music |
The last month of the year 1791 witnessed what Robbins Landon calls ‘the greatest tragedy in the history of music’: the premature death of the 35-year-old Mozart. Surrounded by enigma and intrigue, allegations of poisoning and sexual scandal, this tragedy continues to grip the popular imagination today.
Drawing on his unrivalled knowledge of the sources, Professor Landon, one of the world’s leading Mozart scholars, reconstructs the fascinating story of the last year of Mozart’s life. This is a major contribution to the literature on Mozart.
Also by H.C. Robbins Landon:
Mozart: The Golden Years: 1781–1791
Mozart and Vienna
Haydn in England: 1791-1795 |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500281076 | | ISBN-13 978-0500281079 | | | | 22.9 x 15.2 cm | | Paperback | | 240pp | | 38 illustrations | | First published 1999 | | | | £9.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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