About the Author

Hermann Abert (1871--1927) was professor at the University of Leipzig, and Germany's outstanding musicologist of the early twentieth century. Cliff Eisen is reader in historical musicology, King's College London, and co-editor of The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopaedia. Stewart Spencer is an author, translator, and musical consultant. His most recent translation for Yale University Press was Joachim Kohler's Richard Wagner: The Last Titan.

Reviews

"Hermann Abert's W.A. Mozart is a monumental achievement-one of the most important biographies of any musician written at any time and in any language... This is enriching, enlightening, indeed essential reading."-Simon P. Keefe, Music & Letters -- Simon P. Keefe Music & Letters