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The Devil Prefers Mozart

On Music and Musicians, 1962-1993
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Anthony Burgesss brilliance as an essayist and his passion for music are united in The Devil Prefers Mozart, the largest collection of his music essays ever assembled.

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was born in Manchester. He graduated with honours in English Literature from Manchester University in 1940. He Served in World War II, then became an education officer in the far east before beginning to write. 1962 saw the publication of his most famous work A Clockwork Orange, which made him famous as a satirical novelist, and which was filmed by Stanley Kubrick in the 1970s. Anthony Burgess died in 1993 leaving behind an incredible body of work including poetry, screenplays and orchestral works.

• Burgess’s brilliance as an essayist and his passion for music are united in this comprehensive collection of his music essays

• Comprised of 66 chapters in five sections, it covers popular music (punk, rock, the Beatles), classical (Monteverdi, Handel, Stravinsky), Burgess’s own music, reviews and essays, and a lengthy piece about Mozart’s operas Don Giovanni and Idomeneo

• Many of these writings have never been published before or never published in English• Editor Paul Phillips is the foremost expert on Burgess and music, and his background as a conductor, composer, pianist, and musicologist lending depth to his commentary

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