Jane Glover (1) (1949–)
Autor(a) de Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music
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About the Author
Image credit: Uncredited photo at JaneGlover.co.uk
Obras de Jane Glover
Haydn: Symphonies 80, 87 & 89 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Symphony No. 80 / Symphony No. 83 / Symphony No. 84 / Symphony No. 87 / Symphony No. 88 / Symphony No. 89 [Audio… — Conductor, algumas edições — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Glover, Jane
- Data de nascimento
- 1949-05-13
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Educação
- Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls
St Hugh's College, Oxford (DPhil) - Ocupação
- Conductor
Music Scholar
Author - Relacionamentos
- Glover, Robert Finlay (father)
- Organizações
- Royal College of Music
- Premiações
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Pequena biografia
- Jane Glover CBE is a British-born conductor and music scholar.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 334
- Popularidade
- #71,211
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 13
- ISBNs
- 42
- Idiomas
- 3
The basic facts are well known (although I have to confess that, before reading this book, my own understanding of Mozart’s life was formed essentially through the prism of the film Amadeus): the child prodigy who grew into one of the most gifted and prolific composer of his, or indeed any, time. Because of my familiarity with the film, I had known that his father, Leopold, was a major influence on Mozart’s life and output. I had not, however, appreciated how talented his sister, ‘Nannerl’ was, or that the two of them had been touted around Europe. I didn’t even know that the Mozart family had visited England as part of the tour showcasing the two child stars, and lived in London for the greater part of a year. Indeed, I was amused to read that, during an outbreak of plague [with all the stark resonances that brought as a book read during lockdown] while the Mozarts were living in London, they decided to move out to the country, relocating to a house that is now in Ebury Street, Chelsea.
Beautifully written, and (I presume) exhaustively researched, this book is a joy from start to finish: highly informative, but supremely accessible.… (mais)