Paul Kildea

Mozart the infant prodigy was also a child of the Enlightenment

Jan Swafford describes how the young genius truly blossomed when exposed to the philosophical thinking of his time

Portrait of Mozart by Johann Nepomuk della Croce c. 1780. Credit: Getty Images
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  • Mozart: The Reign of Love

    Jan Swafford

    Faber, pp. 832, £30

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