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Mozart’s women

"Mozart's Women: The Man, the Music, and the Loves in His Life" is conductor Jane Glover’s contribution to the wealth of biographies written about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. However, as well as concentrating on the man himself, this book looks at the close relationships he had with his mother, sister, lovers and wife, Constanze. It also puts the record straight about Constanze, much maligned by history, and reveals a close and happy marriage. Jenni Murray talks to Jane Glover and "Sunday Times" critic Hugh Canning about the composer, and the women in his life.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Woman's Hour"