Five best books about composers' lives

James Penrose writes about music for The New Criterion.For the Wall Street Journal, he tagged a five best list of books about composers' lives.One title on Penrose's list:W.A. Mozart By Hermann Abert1920 (Yale, 2007) Modern Mozart scholarship is indebted to Hermann Abert's groundbreaking biography, and little wonder. When it appeared in German almost 90 years ago, this engaging work was the last