{"product_id":"the-mozart-forgeries-hardcover","title":"The Mozart Forgeries - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel N. Leeson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mozart's music, forged manuscripts, and a murder  Could any music aficionado who enjoys a unique, fascinating, and well-told tale ask for more?\" - Conductor George Cleve, Music Director, San Francisco's Midsummer Mozart Music Festival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The idea of creating a counterfeit of a genuine Mozart manuscript is outrageous, but to attempt the forging of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003etwo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e such compositions for the purpose of a technical\/musical swindle is an order of magnitude more aggressive. Yet that is exactly what Forger, a counterfeiting genius, and Librarian, an eighteenth century document specialist, decide to do, their motivation being a $20,000,000 price tag. They are faced with incredible impediments not the least of which is the authentication of both documents by some of the world's leading Mozart scholars. From any perspective, the effort appears preposterous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Their choice of compositions are the lost manuscripts of Mozart's clarinet concerto and his quintet for clarinet and strings. Each stage of the effort is, by itself, an awesome undertaking, what with handwriting, paper, ink, watermarks, pens, and a great deal of imprecise history surrounding both works-- the originals of which disappeared around 1800. Together, they combine to create a task so technically difficult that the probability of success is only slightly less than winning the Irish sweepstakes without buying a ticket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author, one of America's leading Mozart authorities, is a prize-winning technical writer who also dabbles in fiction. His imaginative and skillful handling of the story's details walks the reader--sometimes not very gently--through each stage of the awesome effort. This entirely fictitious story is his contribution to the events of 2006, which are intended to commemorate the quarter millennium of Mozart's birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e www.leesonbooks.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761777148192,"sku":"9780595663668","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/02fbf586848d3bf64b1ede4346d70b30.webp?v=1780212463","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-mozart-forgeries-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}