Biography: Amadeus Mozart

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1984's Amadeus didn't tell the whole story. For a more complete look at the great composer's all-too-brief life, check out A&E's Biography: Mozart. Putting together interviews with modern scholars and musicians such as Zubin Mehta and Isaac Stern, readings of Mozart's letters, and portraits of the little genius and his contemporaries, this documentary is deeply entertaining and provides a level of insight rarely attained by an hour-long television program. The music, of course, is lovely; Mozart was no arcane theorist and his music is lively and enjoyable, even to classical-music haters. But his wild life, not his vibrant music, is the subject here, and his loves, obsessions, and turbulent family life steal the show. Whether your interest lies in great music or great minds, you'll find much to appreciate in Biography: Mozart.

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He was vulgar, extravagant and bawdy. But inside this childish man lived history's greatest musical genius.

As a toddler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's musical gifts made him the darling of Europe's highest courts. But as a man, his rebellion against a domineering father led him to a life of gambling, debt and excess. Why was a composer of such unremitting genius left to die in poverty? Famed Mozart scholars help paint a portrait of the outcast master whose work would revolutionize nearly every area.

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