Table of Contents
Preface ix
Prologue xi
1 The Handsomest Couple in Salzburg 1
2 The little Wizard 15
3 The Grand Tour 27
4 Prodigies of Nature 39
5 He Is Skin and Bone 49
6 Wolfganggangganger! 59
7 Chevalier de Mozart 71
8 Ass-Bumping in Venice 83
9 Bravissimo Maestro! 93
10 Gnagflow Trazom 103
11 There Is No Vacancy 113
12 Wolfgang Amadé Rosenkranz 123
13 Off with You to Paris! 131
14 My Dear Departed Mother 139
15 Unlucky in Love 151
16 A Kick in the Backside 165
17 An Honest and Virtuous Wife 175
18 Return to Salzburg 189
19 Paternal Pride 203
20 Womaniser, Criminal and Genius with Words 213
21 The Final, and Greatest, Symphonies 225
22 A Stranger Knocks 239
23 The Taste of Death on My Tongue 249
Afterword 261
Postscript 264
Notes 265
Index 267