Most extraordinary of all musical geniuses was Austria’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Starting his career as a four-fold infant prodigy (harpsichordist, violinist, organist, composer), he wrote, during ...

Once upon a time biographies appeared without source notes. Biographers might very well allude to where they obtained their information, but no particular effort was made to anchor facts and sentences ...

Few composers loom larger in the popular imagination than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Certainly Beethoven's music is more familiar, but even those who don't know their Figaro from their Fidelio have some ...

Mozart's wild ride from child prodigy to accomplished composer was fueled with strong family relationships -- some nurturing and others crippling. Mozart's father hoped that his son's musical talent ...

Colorado pianist Katie Mahan in front of a portrait of Mozart’s mother, Anna Maria Pertl. Where did Mozart get his musical talent? History has long pointed to his father, Leopold. Leopold was a ...

Like most birthday celebrations, the hoopla surrounding the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birth in Salzburg, Austria, has had its highs and lows. For me, the apogee was a series of ...