If mozarts last aria never quite catches fire as brilliant fiction, it is nonetheless a very good read. Two months earlier, mozart confided to his wife that his life was rapidly drawing to a close. Trailer for matt reess historical crime novel mozarts last aria. Mozarts last aria by matt rees, 9780062015860, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Thousands of words have been written about the late18thcentury musical genius, wolfgang amadeus mozart, a child prodigy who, with his sister. Maria anna walburga ignatia mozart, called marianne and nicknamed. Its 1791 and wolfgang amadeus mozart is viennas brightest star. May 20, 2011 mozarts last aria, by matt rees corvus. My historical novel about mozarts sister, mozarts last aria, grew from a visit i. For ten years, norma has been the onair voice of consolation and hope for the indians in the mountains and the poor from the barriosa people broken by, isbn 9780060594817. He is the author of the palestine quartet, a series.
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Maria anna mozart as a child 1763 portrait said to be by lorenzoni maria anna walburga ignatia mozart 30 july 1751 29 october 1829, nicknamed nannerl, was a musician, the older sister of wolfgang amadeus mozart and daughter of leopold and anna maria mozart. Buy a cheap copy of mozarts last aria book by matt rees. Mozarts friends and supporters claim he was poisoned, and nan. Mozarts last aria by matt rees is a combination of historical fictionmystery novel. Transporting readers to the salons and concert halls of eighteenthcentury austria, mozarts last aria is a magnificent historical mystery that pulls back the. Matt rees tries valiantly, elegantly, and for the most part successfully to do justice to a composer who is regarded and not just by me as a deity. Crossgenre novels used to be considered unpublishable, but no more. In december 1871, nannerl receives news of her brother wolfgangs death. This elegantly written and thoroughly researched crime story of 18thcentury vienna. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. But the message carries more than word of nannerl s brother s demise. Mozarts sister, a 2005 novel by alison bauld, 14 follows nannerl mozarts life through marriage, children, widowhood and death in conversations with her nephew franz xaver, mozarts younger son.
Read mozarts last aria by matt rees for free with a 30 day free trial. Rees builds this historic novel on the long held theory that wolfgang mozart, who died in 1791 at age 36, was actually murdered. Awardwinning author matt rees takes readers to 18th centuryaustria, where mozarts estranged sister nannerl stumblesinto a world of ambition, conspiracy. Jan 12, 2011 trailer for matt rees s historical crime novel mozart s last aria.
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In the last year of his life, mozart composes the piano concerto nr. But six weeks ago, the great composer told his wife he had. Transporting listeners to the salons and concert halls of 18thcentury austria, mozart s last aria pulls back the curtain on a world of powerful secrets and powerful men from the enigmatic freemasons to the secret police to the austrian emperor himself in a detailed story of soaring music, burning passion, and mortal danger. Music is notoriously difficult to capture in prose. Nannerl investigates wolfgangs death in the imperial capital. Mozart s last aria, published in 2011, is a historical crime novel set in vienna in 1791. It s 1791 and wolfgang amadeus mozart is vienna s brightest star. But six weeks after he tells his wife that he has been poisoned.
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