Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.
Contents -- Preface -- I Time out of Mind -- II Greatness of Mind -- III Breaking the Rule -- IV The Saxon or the Devil -- V The Genius and the Child -- VI The Little Man from Salzburg -- VII Giving the Rule -- VIII An Unlicked Bear -- IX Mozart�s Second Childhood -- X Odd Men Out -- XI Beethoven Again -- XII Gendering Genius -- XIII Reconstructing Genius -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Peter Kivy explores the concept of genius and how it came to be symbolized by the three great composers of the modern era Handel, Mozart and Beethoven.