Download or read book The Man who Wrote Mozart written by Anthony Holden and published by Orion Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many lives of Lorenzo da Ponte- librettist in three of Mozart's operas- begins in Venice and moves through Vienna and London to finish in New York, where he lies in an unmarked grave. A scholarly poet, teacher and priest, he charmed everyone who met him. This biography interleaves his life with Mozart's.