| #40509 in Books | Lyanda Lynn Haupt | 2017-04-04 | 2017-04-04 | Original language:English | 8.50 x1.00 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 288 pages | Mozart s Starling||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Delightful read|By taekwondomom|Delightful book about human/natural world interactions, something Lyanda Haupt does so well. I loved her books Crow Planet and Urban Bestiary, so I was thrilled when I heard about this book. It was a great read, mixing stories of her experience raising a starling with historical material about Mozart's starling (yes, he had one, too), scientific||"This hard-to-put-down, charming blend of science, biography, and memoir illuminating the little-known story of the composer and his beloved bird is enlivened by the immediacy of Haupt's tales of Carmen, and brimming with starling information, travelogues, and
On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet. For three years, the starling lived with Mozart, influencing his work and serving as his companion, distraction, consolation, and muse.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Mozart's Starling | Lyanda Lynn Haupt. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
