Klarinet Archive - Posting 000010.txt from 2008/08

From: "Lori Lovato" <lorilovato@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New book: "The Mozart Cache"
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:01:24 -0400

HI Se=F1nor Leeson,
Just now ordered a couple of your books, I think it's a "good catch."
Ha, I couldn't resist, I've been watching the Cubbies!
When I see you next (I'm thinking positive of course) will you sign them fo=
r me?
Take care,
Lori

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Daniel Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wro=
te:
> This is NOT a fiction and nothing to do with the clarinet, but some of yo=
u
> have asked me to announce when my new book comes out. Well, here it is.
>
> "The Mozart Cache," is now published and available for sale. The work is =
a
> non-fiction scholarly study. The text describes a collection of objects
> (many, if not most, shown in color), which came from the estates of both
> Leopold Mozart and his friend and former landlord Johann Lorenz Hagenauer=
,
> with the Mozart pieces being in the majority. No music is involved in the
> book. It is entirely devoted to portraiture and iconography. If you find
> the subject of Mozart portraits and icons interesting you might find the
> book to your liking. There is also some new Mozart history derived from =
the
> research involved.
>
> How the collection came to be, and where it has been for the past 2=BC
> centuries is described in considerable detail. However, the greater part =
of
> the book is spent in examining each item in the collection and making
> statements about what I believe the various pieces are and what evidence
> allows me to reach these conclusions. In my opinion, the collection conta=
ins
> a number of previously unknown and entirely authentic portraits of Mozart
> (though one portrait dates from ca. 1875), several of his sister, Nannerl=
,
> one of his mother, and one of his maternal grandmother, whose image has
> never previously been known to exist in any form. There are also five
> portraits of Johann Lorenz Hagenauer and a variety of Mozartean icons, ma=
ny
> of which I believe can be traced back to the Mozart family's Grand Tour o=
f
> 1763-1766. There are also a variety of items collected by Leopold in the
> years following the Grand Tour up to the time of his death in 1787, at wh=
ich
> point the collection effectively disappeared, its location unknown. Cliff
> Eisen of King's College London recently highlighted one of these portrait=
s
> in a presentation he made about two months ago. I refer to this portrait =
as
> "The Man in the Red Coat," while Eisen refers to it as "The Hickel Mozart=
,"
> after Joseph Hickel a Viennese court painter known to Mozart.
>
> For those interested in reading the book, the easiest and least expensive
> way to order it is through my website, www.leesonbooks.com. Once on the
> website, click the title above the cover image for "The Mozart Cache," an=
d
> once there, click on "Order." That screen will provide a toll free phone
> number for book sales managed by the publisher, and also a link to the
> publisher's website from which orders may also be placed. The toll free
> number can also be used to make toll free calls placed outside of the Uni=
ted
> States, providing one precedes the number with the International Dialing
> Code of 001 for calls to the U.S. I confirmed this to be the case for
> England, and presume it true for all other countries.
>
> The cover of the book on display at the website shows a sample of five
> images from the collection displayed in a semi-circular array. From left =
to
> right, I believe them to be a portrait of Mozart's sister Nannerl at age =
11
> or 12, painted by the German-born English painter John Zoffany, a portrai=
t
> of Mozart's mother, artist unknown, the image of the Man in the Red Coat,
> which shows Mozart at the age of 26, a portrait of Mozart's maternal
> grandmother, Eva Rosina Pertl (who lived with her daughter and son-in-la=
w
> following their marriage in 1747 and who survived to December, 1755, just
> one month before Mozart was born), and a portrait of Johann Lorenz Hagena=
uer
> at the age of ca. 65.
>
> Only a few brief blurbs about the book are available because it has not y=
et
> been reviewed. That will occur over the next few months and reviews will=
be
> added to my website as they become available. You may review the book
> yourselves and send me the review after which I will consider placing it =
on
> my website providing you agree.
>
> Around September 1, the book may also be ordered from Amazon.com, Barnes =
&
> Noble.com, Borders.com, etc. The price asked by online booksellers is hig=
her
> than that requested by the publisher. I have no control over bookseller
> markups. The price of the book when ordered from the publisher is $37.50
> (U.S.) plus shipping and applicable taxes, if any, for each copy. I regre=
t
> the high price, which is caused by three factors: (1) there are almost 20=
0
> pictures in the book and most of them are in color; (2) the book is
> oversized (8-1/2 x 11 inches), which allows many images to be shown in a
> large format; and (3) it has a great deal of text to cover in its 223 pag=
es.
> There are also chapters on biometric facial identification, the matter of
> fraud in dealing with portraiture, the history of the Firmian portrait,
> which was once thought to be that of Mozart but is a portrait of an entir=
ely
> different person, and several other related topics.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this. Drop me a note if you have
> questions. I hope you enjoy the book.
>
> Dan Leeson
> dnleeson@-----.net
> SKYPE: dnleeson
>
>
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