Recommended Reading and Listening
Books
Mozart: A Life
by Maynard Solomon A thorough historical record that also gives many insights into Mozart’s music.
The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context
by Ruth Halliwell Given the intense nature of Wolfgang’s relationships with Nannerl and his parents on their long tours of Europe, a focus on the family is revealing.
Vienna: A Cultural and Literary History
by Nicholas T. Parsons History as if told by a knowledgeable raconteur over a meal of Wiener schnitzel and tafelspitz.
Recordings
Mozart: Favorite Works for Piano
by Alfred Brendel The greatest interpreter of Mozart performs his most exquisite works.
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
by Otto Klemperer A classic recording of
The Magic Flute
from 1964.
Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 35–41
by Karl Böhm Sometimes controversial, but an inspiring rendering of the last and greatest of Wolfgang’s symphonies.
On the web
http://www.mozarthausvienna.at/
Recently renovated, the Vienna house where Mozart lived while writing
The Marriage of Figaro
is an extensive museum. However, the location of his final apartment on Rauhenstein Lane is now a modern department store.
Fiction
The Fourth Assassin
The Samaritan’s Secret
A Grave in Gaza
The Collaborator of Bethlehem
Nonfiction
Cain’s Field: Faith, Fratricide, and
Fear in the Middle East
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