Some literary references to Mozart
While going through some old books in my library I came accross two which might be of interest to Forum members.
1. Pushkin, apparently in the 1820s, wrote Mozart and Salieri and The stone Guest. We may deduce that the conjecture that Salieri killed Mozart is from a very early date. These may be found in his collected works. (My edition is an out of print Modern Library edition.)
2. Kierkagaard in Either/Or has a section called the Immediate Stages of the Erotic which discusses Mozart and Don Giovanni (Don Juan). Although old fashioned it is fun. My edition is an Anchor book which is probably out of print.
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