Product Description

‘The Classic FM Friendly Guide to Mozart’ will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about this famous composer, who consistently has the most titles in the Classic FM ‘Hall of Fame’ (a yearly poll of the nation’s musical taste: 145,000 listeners took part in 2005). Was he really such a prodigy? Did his father exploit him? Was he murdered by rival Salieri? Why does Mozart’s music have ‘K’ numbers? While giving all the facts about ‘The Man’ and ‘The Music’, ‘The Classic FM Friendly Guide to Mozart’ includes lively and light-hearted features, quotes and anecdotes. There are sections about Mozart’s ‘Top 20’ hits (with reference to the CD) and about his music in films, and even a Mozart Mood Chart for when you need to raise or lower your blood pressure. Classic FM, the world’s largest classical music station (9.5 million listeners per month) have teamed up with Hodder to publish this book, which takes its title from a new ‘Friendly Guides’ on-air feature. The radio station is marking the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth in 2006 with many activities on air, on the website and in the Classic FM Magazine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #293356 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review

"Anecdotal and informative"

About the Author
Darren Henley is the Managing Director of Classic FM and theJazz. His radio programmes have been honoured by the Sony Radio Academy Awards, the British Radio Awards, the New York International Radio Festival and the United Nations. He writes regularly for the Classic FM Magazine. Previously, he was a journalist for ITN and Invicta Radio in Kent.
Tim Lihoreau is the Creative Director of Classic FM and a regular presenter, as a third of the Saturday Breakfast Show team of Mark, Tim & Annie. He studied music at the University of Leeds and worked as a professional pianist before joining Jazz FM, from where he moved to Classic FM. He has been responsible for writing and producing many of the stations most acclaimed programmes, which have been honoured by the Sony Radio Academy Awards, the NTL Commercial Radio Awards and the New York International Radio Festival. He has written a column for the Daily Telegraph Weekend section.

Customer Reviews

Mozart made Interesting

This is a great little book, easy to read and full of interesting snippets of information. The authors Tim Lihoreau and Darren Henley (both of Classic FM) are clearly keen to present the facts in a user-friendly way, and have succeeded in making this a thoroughly readable book.

The paper quality and binding are a little on the budget side, but considering it comes with a CD full of Mozart's 'greatest hits' it is excellent value for money.

There are countless books on the subject of Mozart, but few are as easy as this one to pick up and read during those spare five minutes.

Friendly guide to Mozart
Although I thought I knew a great deal about the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus, this book provided much more insight into the man, his music, finances and romances.
A really intersting and informative read, with touches of humour that made me chuckle.