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Constanze Mozart: After the Requiem

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This book is a wonderful account of what Mozart's wife had to do to keep his music alive. I think without her Mozarts music would have been lost. She was not a wallflower by any means. I do recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about Mozarts life and what was encounter after his death.

After reading all the books about Mozart, finally a book about Constanze Mozart and her life after Moz's death. The affair with the Requiem is frustrating and strange, but the author tries as much as he can with historical accuracy to solve the mystery. Of course, there is no solution. Mozart's Requiem and who really wrote it and why still remains unknown. Gartner persuades that perhaps Constanze had a secret reason for keeping a cover on the real reason behind the Requiem's origin and purpose. Her odd behavior after Mozart's death, and dealings with Sussmayer and others involved at the end, as well as the story behind the "Gray Messenger" are revealed in fascinating detail in this book. The story is rich in detail, at times a little confusing because of all the people involved, such as Moz's publisher,and Count Stuppach (who commissioned the Requiem in secret) and other interesting personalities with whom Constanze Mozart interacted in a secret mission involving the Requiem. If you think that you've read all the books about Mozart that are available, read this one. It adds a new dimension to the fact that Mozart's death may have been untimely and unnatural.