Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Yona Zeldis McDonough

Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Reviews

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  Montzalee Wittmann

  Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Yona Zeldis McDonough is an incredible book for an equally incredible person. The history of his personal life is fascinating and amazing. A remarkable person that died so young and left us so much. This book details the wonders and times of his life. Over 100 pages and lots of great sketches. Great job.
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  Maricarmen Estrada M

  Another wonderful biography of this series. A gifted man. Mozart was one of the greatest geniuses of all time, indeed. I enjoyed very much learning about his life
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  Janete on hiatus due health issues

  This books is too much simplified to narrate Mozart's fascinating and amazing life. A remarkable and special person like Mozart deserved a more interesting and thrilling book.
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  Elena Ahmed

  Nice story, one of my favorite musicians....
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  AMY

  106 pages. This was a very interesting book on the life of a famous composer and musician. I learned a lot about him and found the additional information and illustrations very helpful. Like other books in the series, the author tells the life story in a truthful manner, explaining how times and situations in Mozart’s life were very difficult at times. I like how the series explores the lives of famous people and shows their weaknesses, troubles and struggles as real people. It is helpful to see these people for the good and not-so-good things that shaped their lives, decisions and careers. Highly recommended for Grades 4-5.
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  Sue

  The drawings were strange and there is a glaring error on page 26 that says Maria Antonia was already engaged . . . to be the queen of France. That wouldn't happen for another 7 or 8 years.
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  Lefess

  It was okay. Poor Mozart died so early.
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  Jean-Marie

  The 11-year-old said this book was "very informative." It is a super fast biographical read of Mozart. It gives young readers just enough info to have a basic understanding of the musician's life. It's a good starting point. We had Alexa play the music as it was mentioned in the book. I've found that's one of the best uses for our Alexa - playing music on cue to complement our read alouds.
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  Jonathan Westbay

  An excellent beginner's overview of Mozart's life
  
  This book provides an excellent overview of Mozart's life. His childhood and family relations are covered well. The book also provides historical context and basic explanations of musical instruments. One criticism I have regarding the explanation of brass instruments: they are not played by mere blowing, as would better describe woodwinds; the tone is produced by buzzing the lips. Woodwind players pinch the lips. Overall, I have a good impression of this book.
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  Victoria Drob

  Reading this series along with my 8-year-old. It's a great brief summary for young readers about a great man. Given the greatness of the man and his extraordinary accomplishments, I feel like the book is pretty anti-climactic and doesn't convey this greatness, but that seems to be the case for all the books in this series. Either way, my daughter likes them and is fascinated to learn about the people, places, and events, so that makes the series incredibly worthwhile.
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  Allison Anderson Armstrong

  Fun informative book and easy to understand, but packed with facts! I like the timeline of his life at the end and how its lined up with a similar timeline of the world. Helps to place his life in history with other famous people and wars. These are great books.
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  Alexia:)))

  Am aflat din aceasta carte multe intamplari din scurta viata a lui Mozart...Cel mai mult m au impresionat cate melodii,opere,sonate,concerte pentru pian etc. a scris el.Chiar a meritat sa i se spuna "Copilul minune"!
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  Mesho Maghraby

  الكتاب: من هو ولفانج أماديوس موتسارت
  الكاتب: يونا ماكدونوف
  عدد الصفحات: 110
  الناشر: دار الشروق للنشر والتوزيع
  يحكى الكتاب قصة الولد الذي ولد فی 27 من يناير عام 1756م في مدينة سالزبورج بالنيسا، ولفجانج الطفل المعجزة ، تعلم العزف على آلة عزف وترية قديمة اسمها الكلاڤيية، و في السن الخامس من عمره يؤلف بنفسه الموسيقى! لم يصدق احد أن هذا الولد يتمتع بكل تلك المواهب واعتقدوا أن هناك خدعة وأن من يؤلف والده ؟ لأنه كان مؤلف موسيقيا ، قام ولفجانج يتأليف سيمفونيته الأولى في التاسعة من عمره و كتب أكثر من ٦٠٠ عمل، ولكن يموت مبكرا" وهو عمره لا يتعرى الخامسة والثلاثين عاماً وترك لنا الموسيقى الرائعة.
  
  تقييم 4 من 5
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  Lynn

  This book is from the Who was... series. It is a terrific series of children's biographies. This book is about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was able to write music by age 5 and was gifted. He was able to make music most of his life and wrote many great operas, symphonies, etc. A wonderful book.
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  Slow Man

  With a biography like this, I learnt more about music and musical instruments. It's amazing that we can still hear his compositions after more than 200 years. And it is so inspiring that he has written and achieved so much in his short lifespan. He died penniless and that's a pity.
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  Susan

  I loved this book! It was so informative and I had no idea how much of a genius he was! When we were reading she asked to listen to some of his music. I love how it drove her to discover more about him and his music. Great book!
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  Amanda

  Ahh.. Wolfie, the wonder child. This is a solid biography on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his short life as a prolific musical genius, and his work. Also a good read on classical music history, composers, symphonies, orchestras, operas, arias, instruments and more. I enjoyed it.
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  Anna Lowinger

  Entertaining and informative.
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  David Rough

  I have recently found this nice series of biographies for young readers. Various authors have contributed to this series, which now includes over 160 books. Each book is short (about 100 pages) and gives a good summary of a historical figure. The list of people includes explorers, scientists, painters, authors, musicians; there is a good balance between males and females demonstrating the importance of both genders in the accomplishments of mankind.
  
  This book about the life and creative genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Born in Austria in 1756, Mozart composed his first piece of music at five years old. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart performed for kings and queens and composed more than 600 works. This biography explores his phenomenal musical gift and his unusual personal life.
  
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  Catherine Lataillade

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musical composer. He is the son of the deceased Leopold Mozart, also a music composer.
  
  Although, Wolfgang did not learn music in school, his greatness in music was dedicated to having a legendary father, Leopold Mozart. Leopold had always taught him to make money through his early childhood musical talent. This was the only talent he had.
  
  Wolfgang was born 1756. He was deceased in 1791.
  To date, the Mozart history is still present at The Lincoln Center, NYC.
  
  *World Pride Month is June 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019, NYC. A time to show your talent?
  This book was purchased, June 1, 2019 @ Housing Works Bookstore Café, Soho NYC.
  
  
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  Trudy

  After recently watching Peter Schaffer's Amadeus, I wanted to know more about the man and his rival, Salieri. After reading an excerpt from a book about Mozart, I realized I didn't want something that was heavy on musical analysis. So I took a page from James Holzhauer's book (Jeopardy champion) and found this book, part of a series that I already had read three, intended for children. It lived up to its stated purpose and led me to a clearer idea of what adult reading I'm seeking.
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  Original Greatness

  I'm used to reading books about people who worked hard through reading and practice. I was kind of disappointed to read about someone who was "Gifted." Learning about how other people were able to achieve greatness and being able to mimic their actions to achieve similar results is unlikely if that person was "Gifted." Thats why I only liked the book and didn't consider it a better read.