Mozart and the Enlightenment: Truth, Virtue, and Beauty in Mozart's Operas

“An erudite mix of music, history, philosophy, biography, sociology and even depth psychology—adding up to a triumphant study of Mozart’s supreme masterworks. . . . Few books provide such a satisfying exploration of the thoughts and feelings from which great art is born. . . . A feast for the intellectually adventurous.” —Kirkus Reviews In this fascinating study of Mozart's operas, Nicholas Till shows that the composer was not a "divine idiot" but an artist whose work was informed by the id...