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Mozart's last aria, Matt Rees

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Mozart's last aria, Matt Rees

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Mozart's last aria

Music parts

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Responsibility statement

Matt Rees

Summary

In December 1791, Madame Maria Anna Berchtold von Sonnenburg, known to her family as Nannerl, receives a letter from her sister-in-law Costanze with devastating news: Nannerl's brother, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is dead. But Constanze's letter carries more than just news of the great composer's death. Months earlier, Mozart had confided to his wife that he believed his life was in danger, and on his deathbed announced that he had been poisoned, though he was never able to name his murderer. Now, as Nannerl sets off for Vienna to pay her final respects, she finds herself entering a web of suspicion and intrigue involving rival composers, jealous lovers, and sinister creditors, in which even Mozart's masonic brothers -- including Prince Lichnowsky -- harbour dark secrets about their one-time friend. And as Nannerl digs deeper into the mystery surrounding Mozart's demise, the tempo quickens and her brother's black fate threatens to engulf Nannerl as well

Target audience

adult

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Mozart's last aria, silenced forever

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