Mozart and the Archbooby (Contemporary American Fiction) - Softcover

Neider, Charles

9780140154023: Mozart and the Archbooby (Contemporary American Fiction)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140154027 ISBN 13: 9780140154023

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1991

This novella is a comic account of Mozart's famous quarrel with the Archbishop of Salzburg. The quarrel is told by Mozart himself. Charles Neider is the author of "A Visit to Yazoo".

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From Publishers Weekly:

Mozart feels underpaid and misused by his patron, the Archbishop of Salzburg. The young virtuoso-composer longs to escape from the "Archbooby," preferring to remain in Vienna, where he and his benefactor are paying an extended visit, than return to his father and the relatively uncultured town of Salzburg. The story unfolds through epistolary invectives sent from Mozart to his father railing against the Archbishop and his entourage, including his "stooge,"p. 23 Count Arco. We don't see the father's replies, and Mozart's self-interested account of events keeps us guessing at the truth. Though he claims to have given up "the foolish error of his former ways," his appreciation of a student's cleavage proves otherwise. Mozart declares that the decision to stay or to go is entirely up to his father. However, when the senior Mozart opts for his son to return, Wolfgang explains why he can no longer do so, respectfully adding that perhaps his father was dreaming when he last wrote and vehemently listing reasons why he should stay. Neider's ( A Visit to Yazoo ) is an amusing, energetic kick-butt account--Mozart's foot, Countp. 86 Arco's butt--of Mozart's early years.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

The newest work by prolific writer and traveler Neider ( Overflight , LJ 12/86) is an epistolary novel. The story unfolds through the use of letters from an adolescent Mozart to his father, thereby combining historical fact with contemporary attitudes to portray Mozart's feelings, his goals and aspirations, and his pervasive hatred of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Music buffs will enjoy Neider's tongue-in-cheek, spoofing manner, which presents the man behind the genius. Recommended for large collections.
- Ellen R. Cohen, Rockville, Md.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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