The book is a publishing sensation: what many generations of Russian readers have dreamed of will become available to them for the first time. The letters of the great Mozart are published in Russian for the first time. In them, the brilliant creator appears in all the fullness of his creative and human existence, his life is inseparable from high art, and simple momentary emotions are from reflections on musical composition. Most of Mozart's letters are addressed to his father Leopold, who early recognized genius in his son. Of particular interest are the letters to the Augsburg cousin, in which intimate feelings are expressed in unvarnished, sometimes almost obscene language. CONTENTS: L. Parin. Mozart speaks Russian 5A. Rozinkin. From the compiler 7 LETTERS 13 LETTERS TO A COUSIN 381 E. BayerPreface 381 Letters 390 Main dates in the life and work of Mozart 410 Index of names 417