SERVANTS, MASTERS and ROGUES - Softcover

Davidson, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1068303921 ISBN 13: 9781068303920

Publisher: Stephen Morris, 2025

Synopsis

Music critic Hugo Belcher, in twenty-first century London, is a charming rogue who, forever short of money, plans to marry a wealthy young heiress. 

Meanwhile, Sandra Grisewood, a bright working-class girl, moves to London where she hopes one day to realise her dream of becoming an opera singer. Born in eighteenth-century Prague, music teacher Antonin Vasylicek, another rogue and charmer, flees to England to evade his creditors and escape a scandal. Their separate lives are, however, related in various ways, not least the discovery of the score of an opera, based on Carlo Goldoni's comic play 'The Servant of Two Masters', which a renowned musicologist believes could be a lost Mozart opera. 

There is an element of truth which provided the inspiration for this book, namely that Mozart was indeed writing or intending to write a German opera based on Goldoni's play, for which a letter to his father dated 5 February 1783 provides evidence, but no score has ever come to light. 

About this title

About the Author

Tim Davidson lives in Bristol and is a retired lawyer. He is married with two grown-up children, Thomas and Nicholas. His wife, Maddalena, is Italian, from the Veneto region of northern Italy, and a teacher by profession. Tim has had a life-long passion for classical music and opera.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stephen Morris
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1068303921
• ISBN 13: 9781068303920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216